Technical Operations Manager, Third Party Data Center Facilities
GoogleMiddenmeer, North Holland
Full-time
Salary
€114k–€116k/ annually
Free account to apply · application completed on Google
Salary
€114k–€116k/ annually
Free account to apply · application completed on Google
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 Electrical, Mechanical/Heating, Ventilation and Air
Conditioning (HVAC), or controls experience in an industrial/commercial
environment.
* 9 years of experience in operations management and facilities management.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
* Experience working in data center environments, including building and
operating infrastructure.
* Experience with initiating and executing initiatives in a global environment.
* Ability to perform operational assessment and risk analysis of third-party
sites.
* Ability to forecast resource requirements in a data-driven way.
* Excellent problem-solving skills.
ABOUT THE JOB:
The Data Center team designs and operates some of the most sophisticated
electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and Heating, Ventilation and Air
Conditioning (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.
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 that 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 behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of
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.
Netherlands: €114000 - €116000 (EUR) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more about benefits at Google
[https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/].
RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Serve as the primary point of contact for third-party colocation data
centers, ensuring continuous facility availability and aligning with
providers to manage service delivery.
* Lead the response to major power or cooling redundancy failures, focusing
heavily on incident management, risk management, and Environment, Health, and
Safety (EHS) compliance to prevent critical outages.
* Coordinate capacity expansion works across multiple site locations,
maintaining a strict focus on safety and ensuring zero unplanned disruptions
to live operations.
* Validate the technical information, risk registers, and maintenance
procedures provided by third-party vendors to enforce strict operational
governance, without directly managing the third-party technicians.
* Conduct regular on-site operational assessments and partner with internal
engineering teams to ensure that operability, maintainability, and
reliability remain the most critical criteria for all infrastructure assets.
