Senior Data Center Solutions and Operations Engineer

Your Role

As the Senior Data Center Solutions and Operations Engineer, you will report to Senior Manager of Infrastructure team. With your robust technical understanding of IT operations, data center operations complexities, vendor management, and infrastructure services you are responsible for defining, tracking, and leading significant operations and multi-functional projects that impact various operational teams as they relate to data centers, data closets, and cable plants. Responsibilities will span the Seattle campus and include regional/affiliate office operations, necessitating both domestic and international travel.

What You’ll Do

Seattle Campus:

• Be responsible for the daily operations of all data center activities, data cabling infrastructure, and telecommunications equipment and circuitry.

• Review and approve hardware installation plans within data spaces and building demarcation points to ensure compliance with physical requirements (space, rack mount, power, cooling, etc.). Inspect hardware installations upon completion.

• Implement and maintain data and cabling standards across all foundation spaces.

• Engage in capacity planning by monitoring and analyzing data space electrical power demand and equipment cooling load to forecast equipment growth capabilities.

• Serve as the lead technical resource for any work effort or project related to data center expansions or new construction projects.

• Identify and resolve recurring problems, developing new techniques to enhance operating environments.

• Train, develop, and lead all aspects of team members involved in data space deployments, build-outs, and moves.

• Establish and maintain excellent working relationships with vendors.

• Utilize in-depth knowledge of co-location and self-hosting infrastructure and services to evaluate and negotiate potential data center co-location spaces.

• Conduct business analysis to work efficiently with other foundation groups, translating needs and issues into functional requirements, technology solutions, and project plans.