Data Center Technician III, Global Server Operations

Our thirst for technology is a part of everything we do. The Data Center Engineering team takes the physical design of our data centers into the future. Our lab mirrors a research and development department --strategies are born, tested and tested again. Along with a team of great minds, you take on complex topics like how we use power or how to run environmentally-friendly facilities. You're a visionary who optimizes for efficiencies and never stops seeking improvements -- even small changes that can make a huge impact. You generate ideas, communicate recommendations to senior-level executives and drive implementation alongside facilities technicians.

With your technical expertise, you ensure compliance with codes and standards, develop infrastructure improvements and serve as an expert in your specialty (e.g., cooling, electrical).

In this role, you will be part of the team that installs, troubleshoots and maintains hardware infrastructure for Internet facing environments.

The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.

We're the driving team behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.

Responsibilities

• Provide ongoing maintenance and repairs including servers, networking and storage devices, such as replacing hard drives, replace Random-Access Memory (RAM), swap Central Processing Units (CPUs), motherboards, etc.
• Lead troubleshooting and resolve escalated technical issues over a significant population of affected hardware equipment.
  
• Contribute and lead efforts/projects in the deployment, maintenance, and support of current and new data center servers and network infrastructure.
• Perform active infrastructure upgrades and decommission end of life equipment as required.
• Follow the site’s environmental health and safety policies.

Minimum qualifications:

• Experience in hardware, networking, operating systems, Linux, or project planning.
• Experience with networking protocols.

Preferred qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Knowledge of basic topology and protocol.
• Understanding of advanced level Linux skills, including installation, systems administration and troubleshooting.