
Senior Operations Engineer, Third Party Data Center Facilities
Salary
€112k–€114k/ annually
Application completed on Google
About This Role
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
* Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other certified training
in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
* 9 years of experience in data center operations, critical facilities
management, or facility commissioning.
* Experience working with mechanical, electrical, or control systems
infrastructure.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
* Experience with Design for Operability (DfO) principles, or integrating
operations and maintenance requirements into facility design and construction
phases.
* Experience evaluating detailed engineering designs, blueprints, schematics,
and Sequence of Operations (SOO) documents.
* Solid understanding of the operations and maintenance of electrical, control
systems, and mechanical.
* Proven ability to track complex project risks, manage commissioning
documentation handovers, and drive technical issues to resolution.
* Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills with the ability to act as a
bridge between design, construction, and operations teams.
ABOUT THE JOB:
At Google, we aim to foster Googley work environments that are collaborative,
friendly and fun. The Facilities Management team brings our spaces to life as
you oversee the daily operations of our offices. While roles with similar names
at other companies can be far more mundane, you're a creative, organized
customer service specialist, who takes pride in seeing things run smoothly and
efficiently. You go out of your way to make sure that clients are not only
satisfied, but singing Google's praises. You're comfortable in a fast-paced
environment with the highest standards of excellence. You aren't afraid to have
fun with your job, and bring an enthusiasm, dedication and a collaborative
spirit to build and maintain office spaces that facilitate some of the world's
most cutting edge innovation.
As a part of the Third Party Data Center Operations team, you will provide
technical due diligence for site selection, sustains and improves the quality of
vendor operated data centers, and mitigates and resolves conflict for critical
work risk.
In this role, you will focus on reliable operation of the mechanical and
electrical infrastructure of data centers, working with the vendor operator for
success. You will be involved in collocation operations for electrical, cooling,
and IT infrastructure. You will partner with the Google Data Center Engineering
team, Hardware Operations, Network Infrastructure, and third-party data center
vendors and operators with a focus on operability, maintainability, and
reliability. You will represent the operations organization, and ensure
operability, maintainability, and reliability are critical criteria for Google
assets.
The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google
customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and
Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our
customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users
worldwide.
We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering
the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing
power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable
developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping
the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the
development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking,
Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills,
experience, and relevant education or training.
Germany: €112000 - €114000 (EUR) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more about benefits at Google
[https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/].
RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Own third-party data centers operation within an area/region with full
accountability for this area tactically.
* Support site selection process through operational and technical knowledge.
* Perform operational assessment and risk analysis of third-party data centers
sites.
* Keep main stakeholders informed about current work and discuss decisions and
directions with them.
* Contribute to focus area strategy and setting strategy for smaller local
groups.
Required Skills
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