Senior Critical Environment Electrical Technician

As a Senior Critical Environment Electrical Technician in Microsoft’s Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) team, you will maintain the critical infrastructure that keeps our Datacenters up and running. This could be anything from coordinating with supplier / vendors, working closely with Management to address operational, risk and safety situations, mentoring other CE Technicians, having a hands-on understanding on how critical environment equipment works, performing various types of maintenance, responding to onsite incidents while coordinating with other critical facilities professionals, and using telemetry and other platforms to monitor equipment performance and operations.

Microsoft’s Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers our cloud services. As a CO+I Critical Environment Technician, you will perform a key role in delivering the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft’s online services including Bing, Office 365, Xbox, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform. As a group, CO+I is focused on the personal and professional development of all employees and offers training and opportunities including Career Rotation Programs, Diversity & Inclusion training and events, and professional certifications.

Our infrastructure is comprised of a large global portfolio of more than 200 datacenters in 32 countries and millions of servers. Our foundation is built upon and managed by a team of subject matter experts working to support services for more than 1 billion customers and 20 million businesses in over 90 countries worldwide.

With environmental sustainability and optimization at the forefront of our datacenter design and operations, we continue to grow and evolve as we meet the ever-changing business demands that hold Microsoft as a world-class cloud provider. 

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. 

Responsibilities:

• Establish strong working relationships with customers.
• Oversee the day-to-day operations and maintenance of mechanical and electrical equipment in a datacenter
• Manage, plan control and organize the planned preventative and corrective electrical and / or mechanical equipment.
• This involves utilizing CMMS and monitoring the performance of electrical plant and machinery, ensuring work is undertaken to prevent failure / loss of the plant and equipment and the production of work order and monitoring progress, and inspecting completed work to ensure the required standards are achieved.
• Ensure that electrical, and / or fire / life safety equipment within the datacenter is operating at peak efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with infrastructure operations standardization
• Act as an escalation point for all facilities-related issues within the datacenter, escalating to the Data Center Operations Manager as needed. This may include assisting technicians in times of emergencies, job training, and providing input / recommendations on electrical/mechanical design parameters.
• Lead RCA’s within the Campus, owning process and delivering final report.
• Manage small-to-medium projects from conception to completion
• Ensure routine reporting for critical infrastructure, inclusive of operational and maintenance KPIs, objectives, organizational polices, procedures, and standards.
• Create and review of FOK procedures, creating procedures for certain projects. Monitor & QA existing procedures for planned maintenance.
• Drive cost/energy efficiency projects
• Identify single points-of-failure at regional datacenter locations
• Coordinate, plan, schedule, and supervise CE audits and compliance verifications
• Drive identification and remediation of vulnerabilities (such as single points of failure). Provide recommendations on new data center equipment designs, technologies, and construction methods. Drive cost / energy efficiency projects
• Govern the inhouse training programme for the Day Team, mentor day team and carry out certification walks and questions.

Required Qualifications:

• Relevant work experience in a datacenter or other critical environment with focus on electrical maintenance/operations.
• Some examples of electrical equipment in the critical environment may include (but not be limited to): UPSs, PDUs, Generators, Switchgear, etc.
• High School Diploma or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with the operation of building cooling, electrical, mechanical, and life safety systems
• Experience with Electrical Power Monitoring Systems (EPMS), Branch Circuit Monitoring (BCM), and Building Automation Systems (BAS)
• Experience with project management or relevant certification/training in project management
• Associate’s or bachelor’s degree in applicable engineering field or mechanical or electrical trades
• Experience working on large scale projects.
• Project Management Institute (PMI) or similar certification
• Experience with physical IT infrastructures (e.g. Servers, SANs, Networking, etc.)

Background Check Requirements: 

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: 

• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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