Facilities Operations Specialist

Job Description:Facilities OperatorOverview:Serve as a facilities and critical-infrastructure resource onsite.Support power, cooling, resiliency, and building readiness across the data center.Help maintain reliable, scalable infrastructure for high-density AI workloads.Focus Areas:Power and electrical infrastructure.Cooling and mechanical systems.Facility resiliency and redundancy.Building and data-center readiness.Critical infrastructure maintenance and incident response.Must-Have Qualifications:4+ years of critical-facilities and data-center operations experience.Experience supporting electrical and mechanical infrastructure in live environments.Strong understanding of cooling systems; liquid-cooling experience is highly valued.Ability to respond to infrastructure incidents and coordinate with technical SMEs.Strong communication, documentation, and vendor-management skills.Relevant BackgroundsCandidates may come from:Equinix.Colocation providers.Switch.CyrusOne.Other hyperscale, AI, or mission-critical data-center environments.About the Team:The Data Center Operations team supports Client’s rapid growth by deploying and operating hyperscale data centers.The team takes full onsite responsibility for each facility and manages the end-to-end lifecycle of the hardware fleet and supporting infrastructure.This includes delivering scalable and reliable infrastructure solutions and services across active data-center environments.About the Role:Client is seeking Facilities Operators with strong technical infrastructure backgrounds who are passionate about engineering excellence and developing effective, sustainable solutions.Candidates should understand the challenges associated with deploying infrastructure at scale and have experience supporting systems that meet high standards for performance, availability, security, resiliency, and cost.The work performed in this role will help shape operational processes and infrastructure standards across the broader organization.Responsibilities:Support Data Center Operations teams as a facilities and critical-infrastructure resource.Serve as a subject-matter resource for data-center critical infrastructure and facilities within the white space.Understand and manage facility design limitations, capacity constraints, and operational risks.Regularly audit and review infrastructure posture, maintenance programs, and service effectiveness.Collaborate with Client’s colocation partners, service providers, vendors, and internal teams.Manage and support the change-management process for high-risk maintenance activities.Respond to incidents as an onsite first responder while coordinating with data-center engineering and infrastructure SMEs.Support power, cooling, mechanical, and facility-readiness initiatives.Maintain positive and collaborative working relationships with customers, partner teams, vendors, and internal stakeholders.Support construction, commissioning, maintenance, and operational-readiness activities.Identify process improvements that increase facility reliability, safety, and operational consistency.Minimum Qualifications:Knowledge of standard power and cooling calculations used to determine data-center capacity requirements, including TIA-942 and ASHRAE principles.Understanding of power redundancy and its implementation in facility design, including 2N and N+1 distributed-redundant configurations.Understanding of cooling redundancy and concurrent maintainability, including N+1 and N+2 configurations.Electrical and/or mechanical infrastructure experience with systems such as:Generators.Chillers.Cooling towers.Air-handling units.UPS systems.Electrical sub-distribution systems.Pumps, controls, and associated facility equipment.Preferred Experience:Supervision or coordination of data-hall buildouts, including IT-services coordination, power planning, and cooling planning.Experience supporting active construction and operational data-center environments.Experience influencing or coordinating testing and commissioning teams through L1–L5 commissioning activities.Ability to validate system design intent and help resolve technical issues during commissioning.Experience supporting maintenance, operations, and infrastructure readiness for live facilities.Preferred Qualifications:Direct experience working with GPU servers and high-density AI infrastructure, including H100, B200, or GB200 systems.Diploma, degree, or professional certification in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, facilities engineering, or a related discipline.Experience with liquid-cooling systems or other high-density cooling architectures.Strong agility and ability to prioritize work in a complex, fast-paced environment with high ambiguity.Vendor, project, or program-engagement experience.Strong verbal and written communication skills, with attention to clarity and detail.Ability to work fully onsite at the River Bend, LA data-center location.Salary and BenefitsCompetitive total compensation package, including salary and equity.Retirement or pension plan in line with local norms.Generous PTO policy in line with local norms.Medical, dental, and vision insurance.