Job Description
A Data Center Engineering Operations (DCEO) Engineer is required to join our team. This role will be responsible for ensuring high infrastructure availability, conducting risk assessment and mitigation, executing corrective and preventative maintenance of critical infrastructure and reporting accurate metrics.
Key Responsibilities
* Serve as the primary business interface with the Colocation provider's technical and facility teams to address day-to-day operational requirements within the Availability Zone (AZ).
* Supervise the on-site Colocation providers and respective contractors, to ensure all works performed are compliant with established practices, procedures & local legislation.
* Manage Colocation suppliers to conduct routine maintenance, and respond to emergency services for critical systems including switchgear, generators, UPS systems, power distribution equipment, chillers, cooling towers, computer room air handlers, building monitoring systems, etc.
* Generate change management requests & incident management tickets for Data Center facility.
* Engage in non-office on-call responsibilities and respond promptly to emergency situations or incidents, such as power failures or natural disasters, and review to refine the established Emergency Operations Procedures to effectively handle these situations.
* Deeply involve with Colocation provider and contractors to resolve infrastructure engineering issues and conduct root cause analysis for operational issues.
* Establish comprehensive English documentation to business & facility operations in partnership with the Colocation provider.
* Constantly explore and recommend improvements to enhance the data center safety, security and availability.
* Maintain accurate and up-to-date Data Center infrastructure inventory through related matrices and internal dashboards.
* Take charge of the installation of the racks and conduct the rack space, power/cooling assessment.
* Lead new build and expansion projects to improve the operations efficiency, including the design, implementation, and commissioning phases.
* Assist in internal recruitment including conducting interviews and assisting with onboarding.
Basic Qualifications
* Holder of a diploma, an undergraduate degree or above in any engineering-related discipline; minimum 3 years of relevant work experience with facility management, and operating and maintaining infrastructure equipment in critical facilities such as data centers, operation factories, substations, hospitals, oil refinery, etc.
* Proficient in comprehending either mechanical systems or electrical systems, including thermal buffer tanks, heat exchangers, plumbing systems, pumps, valves, duct systems, fans, dampers, fire detection and extinguishing systems, drainage systems, building monitoring systems, automatic control systems.
* Proven experience in major facilities incident management, proficient in bi-lingual verbal and technical written communication skills (English and Chinese), and interest in the maintenance & improvement works of critical facility infrastructure in the data center, and good work attitude and eagerness to learn, with deep attention to details and accuracy, and ability to deliver facility expansion projects on time.
Preferred Qualifications
* Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or relevant discipline.
* Experience with operation and maintenance of data centers, or mission Critical facility management experience for a large enterprise or large Colocation provider.
* License holder on Level C technician for interior wiring work or above.
* Proficient English communication skills – TOEIC 650+ or equivalent.