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). You provide daily assistance to senior technicians as you read blueprints/schematics, conduct tours of systems and assess their working order.

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.
The Data Center team designs and operates some of the most sophisticated electrical and HVAC systems in the world. We are an upbeat, creative, team-oriented group of engineers committed to building and operating powerful data centers.

Responsibilities

• Inspect, maintain, and repair various data center systems such as servers, network equipment, PLCs, system administration, access control, alarm investigation, and SCADA management.

• Provide daily assistance to technicians as you read blueprints/schematics/ladder logic/sequence of operations, conduct tours of systems, and assess their working order.

• Manage control, monitoring, logging, and alarming systems.

• Operate, monitor, maintain, and respond to abnormal conditions in the data center facilities systems and equipment.

Minimum qualifications

• Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

• 2 years of experience in developing, operating, maintaining, or troubleshooting control systems of industrial facilities (including automation PLC).

• Ability to work non-standard hours and differing work rotations/shifts, covering nights, weekends, and holidays.

• Ability to communicate in Japanese fluently to support client relationship management in this region.

Preferred qualifications

• Industry standard certifications related to system administration (e.g., CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+, CompTIA Security+, Certified Windows or Linux system administrator).

• Experience in controls/automation, or construction/technical environment or a related field.

• Experience in data centers, hospitals, power plants, or laboratories.

• Knowledge of meters, devices, sensors, relays and troubleshooting utilizing standard hand tools, digital metering, or calibration/diagnostic equipment.

• Understanding of networking fundamentals, knowledge on cyber security, and proficiency in operating systems.

• Ability to write, interpret, and troubleshoot programming code within the domain of expertise.