AHU Technologies Recruitment · 2 months ago
Data Center Facility Manager
Washington, DC 20009
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$60/hr - $65/hr
16+ years expAHU Technologies INC. is an IT consulting and permanent staffing firm that provides IT solutions to leading corporations in the United States. They are seeking a Facilities Engineer to monitor, manage, and optimize the physical infrastructure of the 911 data center, ensuring operational efficiency and risk mitigation for critical services.
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Responsibilities
Monitor, notify and report electrical power or HVAC-related alerts, promptly reporting any issues that may have impact to the RF antenna site or call floor operations team
Coordinate and collaborate on preventative maintenance or repair activities that could potentially affect the RF antenna sites and call floor operations
Scrutinize all change requests related to upgrades or preventative maintenance that might influence call floor operations and provide guidance to operations managers
Generate a weekly report detailing the performance of critical infrastructure
Stay abreast of industry best practices in data center and 911 center operations, identifying any existing gaps
Facilitate necessary failover testing on critical infrastructure and 911 applications
Monitor and report on any cybersecurity risks affecting the call floor
Monitor and report on patch management for all servers that support the call floor
Organizes, directs, and manages vendor contract operation support functions, involving multiple complex and inter-related project tasks
Manage data center projects, including coordinating with vendors and contractors, tracking progress, and meeting deadlines. Provide technical guidance and support to ensure successful project implementation
Conducts regular inspections of equipment and daily rounds to ensure optimal performance and reliability
Using existing tools to monitor and analyze electrical power usage, ambient air temperatures, and relative humidity levels in the data center to identify and resolve any issues or inefficiencies
Management and coordination with vendors and contractors to ensure equipment is properly installed, maintained, repaired, and replaced as needed
Develop and implement procedures and protocols for equipment preventative maintenance, emergency response, and disaster recovery
Document and maintain accurate records of all equipment, maintenance activities, and infrastructure changes to all HVAC,
Oversee all aspects of the data center's critical physical infrastructure
Ensure that all work performed within the space is done to high quality and without impact to internal/external customers’ services
Identify improvement areas in existing and next-generation data center designs according to industry standards to address: master planning building architectural systems, constructability and sustainability
Forecasting future requirements to support evolving information technology solutions to support redundant emergency operations
Draft SOW, or review RFPs related to the data center’s design and equipment upgrades
Provide relevant feedback for datacenter improvements as required
Provide and enforce the standards by which electrical and mechanical systems including cable management, airflow, and physical security in a critical infrastructure environment are to be operated and maintained
Perform facilitate data center audit for facility infrastructure
Provide technical expertise for root cause analysis and remediation recommendations as required
Investigate incidents involving failures and or interruptions of the IT infrastructure, oversee the resolution and preventative actions to mitigate future occurrences
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in IT, related field, or equivalent experience
16 years of experience
16+ yrs. in progressive consulting leadership role, providing full lifecycle services in enterprise and government environments
16+ yrs. managing, coordinating, and establishing priorities for entire program/project lifecycle
15 years of experience managing complex programs/projects
15 years of experience operating, data centers, networks and mission critical facilities (HVAC, emergency backup systems, electrical power)
5 years of experience with architectural design / remediation of new / existing industrial or commercial or other complex technical projects
2+ years of experience with architectural design of mission critical projects
3 years of experience in data center engineering
3 years of experience designing and deploying data center infrastructure, including power distribution, cooling systems, rack and equipment layout
Experience in conducting regular rounds, inspections, preventative maintenance, and troubleshooting of data center infrastructure to resolve issues
Experience managing data center construction & projects including coordinating with vendors and contractors, tracking progress, and meeting deadlines
5 years of experience managing project scopes, schedules, and cost of work for data centers, IT networks, etc
Familiarity with data center industry standards and best practices, such as TIA-942, Uptime Institute Tier Standards
Preferred
Bachelor's degree in engineering, facilities management or related field or equivalent experience
Company
AHU Technologies Recruitment
At AHU Technology, we specialize in IT consulting and permanent staffing, serving the dynamic IT needs of top United States corporations.
51-200 employees
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