Data Center Facilities Technician II, Electrical

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Location:

Google Reston, VA, USA
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• Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of electrical experience (e.g., electrical testing equipment or electrical distribution) in an industrial or commercial environment.
• Ability to participate in material handling tasks such as lifting, carrying or moving up to 50 lbs of equipment, and use of OSHA standard safety equipment such as limited weight‑bearing work platforms, ladders, step stools and personal protective equipment like safety harnesses.
• Ability to work non‑standard hours and differing work rotations/shifts.
• Experience in electrical safety, systems, maintenance, and infrastructure.

• 5 years of experience in maintenance of electrical distribution systems or construction/technical environment or a related field.
• Experience in data centers, hospitals, or power plants.
• Knowledge of electrical systems used in a data center environment (e.g., feeders, transformers, generators, switch gear, UPS systems, ATS/STS units, PDU/PMM units).
• Knowledge of meters, devices, sensors, and troubleshooting utilizing standard hand tools, digital metering, or calibration/diagnostic equipment.
• Ability to communicate with contractors who perform maintenance or upgrade work on the data center systems.

The Data Center team designs and operates some of the most sophisticated electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and HVAC systems in the world. Facilities Technicians at Google data centers operate, monitor and support physical facilities conditions. The role includes heating and cooling of air and water, power supply, generators, UPS systems, electrical distribution and control and monitoring systems. Responsibilities include inspecting, maintaining and repairing various data center systems such as piping and non‑critical electrical or mechanical system components.

As an advocate for best practices, you develop creative approaches to reducing operational costs while improving overall data center efficiency. You ensure that environmental and safety standards are consistently met, identifying problems and making repairs quickly. In emergency situations or abnormal conditions, you manage data center performance issues and outages to minimize recovery time from failures.

As a Facilities Technician, you will operate, monitor, and support physical facilities conditions for our data centers.

The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights. Our teams shape the future of computing, working on TPUs, Vertex AI, networking, data center operations, systems research, and more.

The US base salary range for this full‑time position is $87,000‑$125,000 plus bonus, equity, and benefits. Salary is determined by role, level, location, and experience. Additional compensation details are provided during hiring.

• Inspect, maintain, and repair various data center systems.
• Provide daily assistance to technicians by reading blueprints/schematics/sequence of operations, conducting tours of systems, and assessing their working order.
• Manage the uptime and maintenance of UPS, generators, electrical distribution, and control and monitoring systems.
• Operate, monitor, maintain, and respond to abnormal conditions in the data center facilities systems and equipment.
• Support startup, commissioning, and integration of new electrical equipment and systems into facilities infrastructure.

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