Senior Site Engineer — Mission-Critical Data Center Ops

Digital Realty Trust, L.P.; Sterling (VA); On-site; USD 66,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Digital Realty Trust, L.P. is seeking a Site Engineer III in Sterling, VA to join our data center operations team. You will contribute to daily site operations, update procedures, manage change control, and ensure high availability of mission critical equipment across UPS, HVAC, and fire/life safety systems.

The role emphasizes electrical or mechanical expertise, hands-on problem solving, and collaboration with a 24x7 operations team to meet customer SLAs and site safety standards.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in mission critical facilities operations/engineering.
• Experience with UPS, HVAC, generators, fire/life safety systems.
• Electrical or mechanical specialization with cross-discipline competence.
• Proficient in CMMS and DCIM systems.

Responsibilities

• Understand facility layout and ME P systems; illustrate site one-lines with accuracy.
• Create, edit and close CMMS work orders; document incidents.
• Develop and maintain SOPs, EOPs, and change management tickets.
• Respond to incidents and maintain 100% uptime and SLA compliance.

Skills

Mission critical facilities experience

Electrical or mechanical competence

Interpersonal skills

SOPs & EOPs knowledge

Strong communication

Tools

CMMS

DCIM

AutoCAD

Visio

Microsoft Project

Job description

Digital Realty Trust, L.P. is seeking a Site Engineer III in Sterling, VA to join our data center operations team. You will contribute to daily site operations, update procedures, manage change control, and ensure high availability of mission critical equipment across UPS, HVAC, and fire/life safety systems.

The role emphasizes electrical or mechanical expertise, hands-on problem solving, and collaboration with a 24x7 operations team to meet customer SLAs and site safety standards.