PRODUCT AREA
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.
JOB DESCRIPTION
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 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.
Qualifications
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
- Operate, maintain, troubleshoot and repair electrical equipment in a data center environment. 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.
- Coordinate vendor support in repairs/replacement and support project implementation (e.g., site acceptance tests, factory acceptance tests, site inspection for defects, etc.).
- Develop an understanding of the infrastructure design and sequence of operation.
- Prepare and conduct training to the team. Ensure safety rules and regulations associated with operating infrastructure.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Associate's degree, trade school certification, in a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 2 years of experience with electrical, mechanical, and controls systems, including: Feeders, Transformers, Generators, Switchgears, Chillers, UPS systems, ATS/STS/PDU/PMM/Air handling and CRAC units.
- Experience with SCADA, power monitoring system, building monitoring system, PLC programming.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in troubleshooting.
- Knowledge of industrial networking, with the ability to coordinate with others in order to determine problems and implement solutions.
- Ability to follow the site’s environmental health and safety policies.
- Ability to learn quickly and address issues as they arise during normal operations or during emergency conditions.
- Ability to work non-standard hours and differing rotations/shifts.
- Ability to work in varying outdoor temperature conditions, perform material handling (e.g., lifting/shifting), and work on platforms, ladders, and under raised floors.
