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Serverfarm · 1 day ago

Senior Field Engineer

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$130K/yr - $185K/yr

6+ years exp

Serverfarm is a leading developer and operator of data centers, revolutionizing data center operations globally. The Senior Field Engineer will develop and maintain design standards for data centers, support product deployment, and mentor team members while traveling domestically and internationally.

Information Technology

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain global consistent colocation design standards to drive equivalent resilience in new and existing data centers

Support the deployment of new ServerFarm products in colocation data centers in a consistent way, including liquid cooling and high-density racks and systems to support hyperscale requirements for Cloud-compute, Machine Learning and AI services

Reviews and updates global design standards and generational data center template designs

Support development and operational engineering teams to review and accept proposed changes to site-specific infrastructure at ServerFarm data centers to validate standards, and to identify and document Accepted Deviations when appropriate

Work with internal and external global teams to drive consistent standard solutions to expedite review processes and drive cost efficiency

Set up global strategies to deploy specific customer products or design, and to drive consistency and efficiencies for delivering customer requirements. Functionally decompose complex problems into simple, straight-forward solutions

Documentation, release and management of design guides, standards, specifications and procedures

Assist in the career development of others, actively mentoring individuals and the community on advanced technical issues and helping managers guide the career growth of their team members

35% domestic and international travel

Qualification

Electrical EngineeringMission Critical FacilitiesSystem-Level ArchitectureChartered Engineer (PE)Critical Data Center EquipmentMentoringCommunication Skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in electrical or closely aligned engineering discipline, or commensurate industry experience or military experience in lieu of degree may be acceptable

6+ years of electrical non-intern engineering experience in Mission Critical facilities including, but not limited to: data centers, power generation, oil/gas, and other mission critical facilities and/or infrastructure. (Experienced Engineer)

2+ years of experience defining system-level architecture, performance, and equipment requirements, conceptual designs, project documentation and project delivery and hand-off

Preferred

Chartered or Professional Engineer (PE)

Experience of working with large global data center providers in multiple regions globally

Knowledge of local building codes and safety regulations in multiple jurisdictions

Ability to develop new concepts through exploration, design, testing and into deployment/mass production

Proven track record in creating and releasing high quality, consistent documentation for processes, standards and procedures

5+ years of leading root cause analysis of equipment or system failures as well as incident support management

Knowledge of critical data center equipment (Generators, Uninterruptible Power Supplies, Switchgear, Transformers, Power Feeders, Chillers, Plumbing, Fire Detection/Suppression, Air Handling Units, Computer Room Air Handling/Conditioning Units, Chillers, UPS, CRAH, CRAC...)

Demonstrated knowledge of electrical design codes in different locations, knowledge working with SPOF

Strong record of mentoring and growing teams

Excellent verbal and writing communication skills