Data Center Facilities Technician, Controls

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.

In this role, you will operate, monitor and support physical facilities conditions with a safety and 24/7 availability, include air-conditioning, cooling water, power supply, generators, UPS systems, electrical distribution and building management systems. You will help inspect, maintain and repair various data center systems, read blueprints/schematics, conduct tours of systems, and assess their working order. You will develop creative approaches to reduce operational costs while improving overall data center efficiency, ensuring that environmental and safety standards are consistently met, identifying problems, and making repairs quickly. Additionally, you will manage data center performance issues and outages to minimize recovery time from failures. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible.

Responsibilities

• Operate, monitor, maintain, and respond to abnormal conditions in data center facility systems and equipment.
• Inspect, maintain, and troubleshoot various data center components, including PLCs, access control systems, and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) infrastructure. Perform system administration, alarm investigation, and cybersecurity remediation.
• Prepare and execute standard operating procedures (SOPs), respond to work requests and service failures, and provide technical expertise.
• Manage control, monitoring, logging, and alarming systems. Provide daily assistance to other technicians regarding blueprints, schematics, ladder logic, and sequences of operation.
• Support the startup, commissioning, and integration of new controls equipment into the facility's infrastructure.