Data Center Facilities Manager

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. Facility Technicians at Google data centers operate, monitor and support physical facilities conditions. Some 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). You'll provide daily assistance to senior technicians as you read blueprints/schematics, conduct tours of systems and assess their working order.

You will 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 Data Center Facilities Manager, you will be a critical leader responsible for the 24/7 operation of our data center campus. You will lead a high-performing team, ensuring adherence to strict SLAs for uptime, efficiency, and cost management. This role demands thinking to plan and execute operational budgets, drive cost-effective operations, and integrate Google-wide strategies with internal and external partners. You will be instrumental in growing the campus team, identifying key hiring needs, and developing innovative solutions to optimize data center performance while maintaining rigorous environmental and safety standards. You will also be the point of escalation for managing data center performance issues and outages, ensuring minimal recovery time from failures.Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.