Job Ref: # 4469249
Date Posted: 10/29/2026
Location: Covington, GA
Salary (USD): $32 - $40
Description
The Senior Data Center Technician is responsible for operating, monitoring, maintaining, and troubleshooting mission-critical electrical, mechanical, and environmental systems within a data center facility. This position serves as the senior technical resource during assigned shifts, ensuring reliable infrastructure performance, safe operating conditions, and effective responses to alarms, equipment failures, and abnormal system conditions.
Responsibilities include monitoring and maintaining uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), generators, switchgear, automatic and static transfer switches (ATS/STS), power distribution units (PDUs), remote power panels (RPPs), chillers, cooling towers, computer room air handlers and air conditioning units (CRAH/CRAC), pumps, and valves. The Senior Data Center Technician will execute approved system switching, load transfers, and equipment isolations while identifying potential system deficiencies and single points of failure.
Additional responsibilities include leading preventive and corrective maintenance activities, reviewing and executing Methods of Procedure (MOPs), Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and Emergency Operating Procedures (EOPs), participating in change management and risk assessments, and overseeing vendor activities. The position also involves enforcing safety procedures, supporting incident investigations and root cause analysis, maintaining operational documentation, leading shift turnovers, and mentoring junior technicians and new hires.
Must-Have Skills, Experience, and Education:
- Strong technical knowledge of mission-critical data center electrical and mechanical infrastructure
- Ability to operate, monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot electrical, mechanical, and environmental systems
- Working knowledge of uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), generators, switchgear, and electrical distribution systems
- Ability to operate and support automatic transfer switches (ATS), static transfer switches (STS), power distribution units (PDUs), and remote power panels (RPPs)
- Working knowledge of data center cooling and HVAC systems, including chillers, cooling towers, CRAH/CRAC units, pumps, and valves
- Ability to monitor facility conditions, identify system abnormalities, and respond effectively to equipment alarms and operational events
- Ability to conduct detailed facility walkthroughs and verify system performance
- Ability to execute approved electrical and mechanical system switching, load transfers, and equipment isolations
- Ability to identify equipment deficiencies, operational risks, and potential single points of failure
- Experience performing or leading preventive and corrective maintenance activities
- Ability to review, validate, and execute Methods of Procedure (MOPs), Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and Emergency Operating Procedures (EOPs)
- Understanding of change management processes and operational risk assessments
- Ability to coordinate and oversee vendor maintenance activities
- Ability to verify equipment restoration and proper system operation following maintenance
- Knowledge of lockout/tagout (LOTO), electrical safety, arc-flash protection, and personal protective equipment (PPE) requirements
- Ability to follow and enforce established safety and compliance procedures
- Ability to participate in incident investigations and root cause analysis
- Ability to maintain accurate operational logs, maintenance records, and shift documentation
- Ability to contribute to technical procedures and operational documentation
- Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to serve as the senior technical resource during assigned shifts
- Ability to lead responses to critical alarms, equipment events, and abnormal operating conditions
- Ability to communicate equipment status, operational concerns, and maintenance activities during shift turnovers
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior technicians and new employees
- Ability to support technical qualification programs and employee skill assessments
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to maintaining reliable data center operations
- Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively with technicians, vendors, and operational teams
Requirements:
- Ability to work rotating 12-hour shifts, including 6:00 AM–6:00 PM and 6:00 PM–6:00 AM
- Ability to work a 2-2-3 rotating shift schedule
- Ability to rotate between day and night shifts every 28 days
- Ability to respond promptly to critical equipment alarms, system abnormalities, and operational emergencies
- Ability to perform facility walkthroughs and monitor mission-critical infrastructure throughout assigned shifts
- Ability to follow approved operating procedures when performing system switching, load transfers, and equipment isolations
- Ability to comply with established electrical safety, arc-flash, LOTO, and PPE requirements
- Ability to participate in maintenance activities, change management processes, and operational risk assessments
- Ability to coordinate vendor activities and verify proper equipment restoration following maintenance
- Ability to maintain accurate documentation and communicate critical operational information during shift transitions
- Ability to support technician training, mentorship, and qualification activities
Nice-to Have Skills, Experience, and Education:
- Experience working in a mission-critical data center environment
- Experience serving as a senior technician, shift lead, or technical resource
- Experience operating and maintaining UPS systems, generators, switchgear, and electrical distribution equipment
- Experience with ATS/STS, PDUs, and RPPs
- Experience maintaining data center cooling systems, including chillers, cooling towers, and CRAH/CRAC units
- Experience executing electrical switching, load transfers, and equipment isolations
- Experience identifying single points of failure in critical infrastructure
- Experience leading preventive and corrective maintenance activities
- Experience reviewing and developing MOPs, SOPs, and EOPs
- Experience participating in formal change management and risk assessment processes
- Experience overseeing third-party maintenance vendors
- Experience conducting incident investigations and root cause analysis
- Experience developing operational procedures and technical documentation
- Experience mentoring junior technicians and supporting technical qualification programs
- Experience leading shift turnovers and communicating critical facility status information
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