Data Center Operations Engineer
Jane Street· Hospitality and Building Operations
Hybrid (Austin)Full-timePosted 1mo ago
About the role
Experienced Data Center Operations Engineer to operate and maintain rapidly scaling data center infrastructure at the Austin campus, including live facilities, power and cooling systems, and new data hall construction.
Responsibilities
- Operating and maintaining live data center environments, including regular equipment inspections, alarm response, incident response, and follow-up
- Troubleshooting cooling, power, controls, and monitoring issues at the cabinet, pod, and facility levels
- Supporting and maintaining CDUs, RDHx units, and direct liquid cooling infrastructure, including hands-on tasks such as filter replacement, valve and hose checks, and leak response
- Monitoring operations through internal BMS and monitoring tools, investigating abnormal conditions, and escalating issues with clear technical context
- Reviewing, executing, and improving SOPs, EOPs, and MOPs in coordination with internal teams, data center providers, and specialist vendors
- Planning and coordinating preventative and reactive maintenance, supervising critical work, and confirming that equipment is returned to service correctly
- Acting as the primary day-to-day liaison with the data center provider and coordinating vendors performing work on site for our scope of work
- Supporting construction and commissioning activities for new data halls, including site walks, drawing and submittal review, script review, witnessing tests, and construction-to-operations turnover
Qualifications
- 5+ years of hands-on experience operating, maintaining, commissioning, or constructing mission-critical data centers, trading floors, or similar 24/7 facilities
- In-depth knowledge of MEP systems such as switchgear, UPSs, generators, STSs, PDUs, RPPs, chillers, CDUs, CRAH/CRAC units, pumps, fire protection systems, and BMS/EPMS
- Strong understanding of data center cooling and electrical principles, including redundancy topologies, containment, airflow management, and liquid cooling
- Experience with maintaining and troubleshooting direct liquid cooling systems, including CDUs, RDHx units, valves, hoses, filters, and associated controls
- Comfortable using BMS and monitoring tools to investigate alarms, identify trends, and diagnose equipment or system problems
- Experience with writing, reviewing, and executing SOPs, EOPs, and MOPs
- Ability to work effectively with data center providers, contractors, OEMs, and service vendors
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to describe detailed problems concisely
- Self-starter who works independently, prioritizes effectively, and makes sound judgments under pressure
- Willingness to work nights and weekends in support of 24x7x365 operations and participate in on-call rotation
- Degree in a relevant engineering discipline (or equivalent critical facilities experience)
- Ability to perform physical work, including lifting up to 50 lbs.
- Construction and commissioning experience is strongly preferred, including walking job sites, reviewing drawings and submittals, and witnessing tests
Skills
Required:Data center operationsMEP systemsDirect liquid coolingBMS/monitoring toolsSOPs/EOPs/MOPsVendor coordinationPhysical ability
Benefits
- Equal Opportunity Employer
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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