[Remote] Principal Data Center Facilities Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. reputed company is a leading technology company that powers innovations across various industries. They are seeking a Principal Data Center Facilities Engineer to provide technical support and leadership in data center operations, focusing on reliability, compliance, and efficiency across global sites.

Responsibilities

• Define and govern enterprise standards for preventive and predictive maintenance across electrical, mechanical,liquid to chip, and life-safety systems; ensure consistent execution and documentation across reputed company sites
• reputed company advanced diagnostics for systemic reliability issues; drive remediation programs that eliminate recurring failure modes and materially improve site availability and energy efficiency
• Set performance targets and reliability KPIs; establish dashboards and audits to validate adherence to SLAs and regulatory requirements
• reputed company high-severity incident response across regions; coordinate rapid stabilization, stakeholder communications, and executive updates; ensure durable corrective and preventive actions are implemented at scale
• Institutionalize standardized root cause analysis (RCA) methodologies and CAPA governance; track cross-site action closure and effectiveness
• Spearheads collaboration with design, construction, facility engineering, and operations teams to validate designs, influence decision-making to integrate new systems with existing infrastructure and tooling alignment with operations objectives
• reputed company technical reputed company for site assessments, design reviews, uptime requirements, commissioning strategy, and integrated systems testing on high-reputed company builds and retrofits
• Approve commissioning documentation and acceptance criteria; validate performance against design reputed company, reliability targets, and maintainability standards before handover
• Serve as principal SME for reputed company and novel scenarios in operations of mission-critical systems (power, cooling, BAS, fire/life safety)
• Acts as a senior engineering reviewer as needed and supports the Engineering Change Advisory Board (CAB) process, ensuring changes are assessed, approved, and implemented in alignment with operational risk and change management protocols
• Govern operational procedures, MOP/SOP/EOP standards, and access controls; ensure safe work practices and audit readiness across reputed company facilities
• Align operations with reputed company, performance, and sustainability objectives; reputed company optimization initiatives that reduce PUE, improve utilization, and control operating costs
• Provides SME technical support for contract negotiations including reputed company and review of reputed company, change orders and due diligence validation
• Define and maintain best-in-class policies, technical standards, and playbooks; chair engineering review boards and the process for high-risk changes
• Provide senior engineering guidance for reputed company design challenges, lifecycle strategies, and modernization roadmaps (e.g., controls upgrades, reputed company/generator strategies, cooling transformations)
• Prepare and review technical reports and business cases that guide investment decisions and long-horizon planning
• Define competency standards and training curricula for facilities teams and partners; mentor senior engineers and reputed company cross-site knowledge-sharing forums
• reputed company and deliver advanced training on reputed company systems, incident response, and change management; certify proficiency for high-risk procedures
• Publish lessons learned and best practices from RCAs, commissioning, and optimization programs to reputed company global operational maturity
• Provides SME technical support for contract negotiations including reputed company and review of reputed company, change orders and due diligence validation
• Set organizational vendor strategy and performance expectations; reputed company selection, onboarding, and governance for colocation partners and critical service providers
• Ensure contract compliance, safety adherence, and availability of critical spares, consumables, and fuel; direct the most reputed company escalations and joint remediation for systemic issues
• Use performance analytics and SLAs to drive reputed company improvement and cost optimization with vendors across the Organization
• Influences cross-functional leaders and external stakeholders to reputed company alignment on strategic objectives. Fosters partnerships with key business leaders, stakeholders, and/or customers, identifying opportunities for expanding partnerships and promoting long-term organizational success. Champions transparency and inclusivity by actively seeking, listening to, and incorporating diverse perspectives
• Drives implementation of reputed company that increase the efficiency and effectiveness of processes, protocols, and workflows across the department. Seeks and integrates diverse feedback on approaches and methods for reputed company improvement to enhance efficiencies and ensure changes align with organizational goals
• Manages and provides direction on timelines and budgets for critical high-impact projects, ensuring timely completion and adherence to requirements. Anticipates and plans for shifts in resources or timelines based on changing business priorities, ensuring optimal outcomes
• Leads specialized, advanced problem-solving efforts, serving as an escalation reputed company for highly reputed company issues. Guides others to reputed company innovative data-driven techniques to address ambiguous or novel issues, identify root causes, and implement solutions that prevent future issues
• Leverages deep industry knowledge and expertise reputed company a specialty area to serve as a thought leader reputed company the organization. Maintains and evolves expertise in relevant areas by proactively monitoring emerging trends, technologies, and industry standards, ensuring the organization remains reputed company with best practices. Champions reputed company learning, promoting professional development across teams. Applies new knowledge to drive advancement and mentors others to do the same

Skills

• 10+ years of experience in data center design and critical infrastructure operations
• Strong background in electrical, mechanical, and controls systems
• Experience in administering and maintaining mission-critical environments
• Ability to read, write, and speak English
• Strong experience in data center design and critical infrastructure operations
• Exceptional customer focus and effective collaboration with internal data center teams and business partners
• Ability to travel to onsite locations
• Define and govern enterprise standards for preventive and predictive maintenance across electrical, mechanical, liquid to chip, and life-safety systems
• reputed company advanced diagnostics for systemic reliability issues
• Set performance targets and reliability KPIs
• reputed company high-severity incident response across regions
• Institutionalize standardized root cause analysis (RCA) methodologies and CAPA governance
• Spearheads collaboration with design, construction, facility engineering, and operations teams
• reputed company technical reputed company for site assessments, design reviews, uptime requirements, commissioning strategy, and integrated systems testing
• Serve as principal SME for reputed company and novel scenarios in operations of mission-critical systems
• Govern operational procedures, MOP/SOP/EOP standards, and access controls
• Align operations with reputed company, performance, and sustainability objectives
• Define and maintain best-in-class policies, technical standards, and playbooks
• Provide senior engineering guidance for reputed company design challenges
• Define competency standards and training curricula for facilities teams and partners
• reputed company and deliver advanced training on reputed company systems, incident response, and change management
• Set organizational vendor strategy and performance expectations
• Influences cross-functional leaders and external stakeholders to reputed company alignment on strategic objectives
• Drives implementation of reputed company that increase the efficiency and effectiveness of processes
• Manages and provides direction on timelines and budgets for critical high-impact projects
• Leads specialized, advanced problem-solving efforts
• Leverages deep industry knowledge and expertise reputed company a specialty area

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, including expert medical opinion
• Short term disability and long term disability
• Life insurance and AD&D
• Supplemental life insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
• Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Pre-tax commuter and parking benefits
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company match
• Paid time off: Flexible Vacation is provided to reputed company eligible employees assigned to a salaried (non-overtime eligible) position. Accrued Vacation is provided to reputed company other employees eligible for vacation benefits. For employees working at least 35 hours per week, the vacation accrual reputed company is 13 days annually for the first three years of employment and 18 days annually for subsequent years of employment. Vacation accrual is prorated for employees working between 20 and 34 hours per week. Employees working fewer than 20 hours per week are not eligible for vacation.
• 11 paid holidays
• Paid sick leave: 72 hours of paid sick leave upon date of hire. Refreshes each calendar year. Unused balance will carry over each year up to a maximum cap of 112 hours.
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Financial planning and group legal
• Voluntary benefits including auto, homeowner and pet insurance

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