Senior Data Center Facilities Technician, Electrical

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). You provide daily assistance to senior technicians as you read blueprints/schematics, conduct tours of systems and assess their working order.

As a master of exceptional 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.

In this role, you will deploy, operate, and maintain a scalable and secure Google data center infrastructure safely, reliably, and efficiently.

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.

Responsibilities

• Operate, monitor, inspect, maintain and respond to abnormal conditions in the data center facilities systems and equipment.
• Monitor multiple information streams in the control room and make accurate mission-critical decisions.
• Be responsible for the uptime, maintenance, and troubleshooting of electrical distribution systems and power monitoring.
• Provide root cause analysis (RCA), recovery and prevention actions for service failure.
• Prepare and execute operation procedures, respond to work request/service failure and provide operational and technical expertise in required areas.

Experience driving progress, solving problems, and mentoring more junior team members; deeper expertise and applied knowledge within relevant area., * Associate’s degree, trade school certification or other verifiable training in a relevant technical field or equivalent practical experience.

• 7 years of experience working with mission critical facility maintenance and operations.
• Experience with electrical distribution systems.
• Ability to work non-standard hours, including working weekends, holidays and on shift-based schedule as required., * Experience planning and executing installation, commissioning, and equipment startup following industry best practices and protocols.
• Knowledge of meters, devices, sensors, and troubleshooting utilizing standard hand tools digital metering or calibration equipment and diagnostic equipment.
• Knowledge of electrical distribution systems (e.g., high voltage, low voltage, protection and controls, power quality).
• Understanding of electrical and mechanical systems in data center environments and controls/monitoring systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and people management skills, with the ability to prioritize work efficiently.

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