Data Center Facilities Technician
Job Summary
Job Description
- 5 years experience in controls/automation
- SCADA system expertise
- Troubleshooting electrical systems
- Maintenance and repair of data center systems
- Ability to lift 50lbs
- OSHA safety compliance
- Industry certifications (CompTIA A+, Network+, Security+)
- Experience in data centers, hospitals, power plants, or labs
- Electrician experience with industrial systems
- Building management/monitoring systems knowledge
- Bonus
- Equity
- Benefits
4 skills required
Job Details
Minimum qualifications:
- Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience in controls/automation in an industrial or commercial environment.
- Ability to participate in material handling tasks such as lifting, carrying or moving up to 50 lbs of equipment, the required use of OSHA standard safety equipment such as limited weight bearing work platforms, ladders, step stools and personal protective equipment (PPE) like safety harnesses.
- Experience with SCADA system back-end setup, programming, maintaining, designing, and integration.
- Ability to work non-standard hours and work rotations/shifts.
Preferred qualifications:
- Industry standard certifications related to system administration (e.g., CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+, CompTIA Security+, Certified Linux system administrator).
- 5 years of experience in controls/automation, or construction/technical environment or a related field.
- Experience in data centers, hospitals, power plants, or laboratories.
- Experience as an electrician with a focus on industrial electrical systems and manufacturing critical components.
- Familiarity with building management/monitoring systems and power monitoring systems.
- Proficiency in troubleshooting electrical systems and performing repairs effectively.
About the job
The Data Center team designs and operates some of the most sophisticated electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and HVAC systems in the world. Facilities Technicians at Google data centers operate, monitor and support physical facilities conditions. Some of these duties will include heating and cooling of air and water, power supply, generators, UPS systems, electrical distribution and control and monitoring systems. You regularly help inspect, maintain and repair various data center systems such as piping and non-critical electrical or mechanical system components).
As an advocate for best practices, you develop creative approaches to reducing operational costs while improving overall data center efficiency. You ensure that environmental and safety standards are consistently met, identifying problems and making repairs quickly. In emergency situations or abnormal conditions, you manage data center performance issues and outages to minimize the recovery time from failures.
As a Facilities Technician, you will operate, monitor, and support physical facilities conditions for our data centers.
The Data Center team designs and operates some of the most sophisticated electrical and HVAC systems in the world. We are a diverse, upbeat, creative, team-oriented group of engineers committed to building and operating powerful data centers.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $87,000-$125,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Responsibilities
- Inspect, maintain, and repair various data center systems such as servers, network equipment, Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), system administration, access control, alarm investigation, and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) management.
- Provide daily assistance to technicians, read blueprints/schematics/ladder logic/sequence of operations, conduct tours of systems, and assess their working order.
- Control, monitor, and log alarm systems.
- Operate, monitor, maintain, and respond to abnormal conditions in the data center facilities systems and equipment.
- Support startup, commissioning, and integration of new controls equipment and systems into facilities infrastructure.
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