Critical Environment Engineer

UW Information Technology (UW-IT) has an outstanding opportunity for Critical Environment Engineer (CEE) to join their team.

About this Opportunity

Reporting to a Director, the Critical Environment Engineer (CEE) is responsible for the operational integrity of the CES supporting the University of Washington's Information Technology capabilities, including computing, storage and network infrastructure. This person will participate in the review of system design requirements to effectively utilize all available space, power and cooling capacities in the CES and develop and operate monitoring and management systems to provide performance metrics, real-time alarm and alerts, and long-term trend analysis. 

This position will lead in internal projects and may represent Data Center Strategy and Operations (DCSO) on external projects. This includes establishing clear priorities, expectations, and schedules. 

This position participates in a on-call rotation, and will the primary contact for the team in 1 week periods. 

The salary information provided below is for a full-time position. 

Key Responsibilities

30 %  Performs daily checks for all Research and other data center and telecommunication facilities assigned, using the building management system to ensure the sustainable operations of the Research platform. 

25%   Be a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Data Center Research Projects enabling the rapid expansion of Research computing capabilities. Coordinate staff members effort to meet project goals. 

15 %  Work with stakeholders to develop the basis of design for all major renovation and subsequent construction projects.

10%  Develop facility site profiles including structural type and age, electrical size and type, electrical distribution and age and HVAC system type and related equipment and age.

5% Manage projects related to Data Center, as required.  

5% Provide special designs for rack and cabinet layout within the data centers and mission critical facilities using industry best practices for air and electrical distribution efficiencies.

5% Provide UWIT staff training on site specific equipment and monitoring techniques to better help understand how the systems function and interact. 

5% Perform other duties as required. 

Required Qualifications

To be considered for this opportunity your application must demonstrate you meet both the minimum qualifications and additional qualifications listed below. Equivalent education and/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license, certification, and/or registration.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Technical degree or related field, or experience.  
• Minimum of 4 or more years of experience in Critical Environmental Systems maintenance support and management. 
• Experience includes performing complex tasks and responsibilities for operations and maintenance of data centers or similar support systems. 
• Demonstrates ability to work independently with minimal supervision in conjunction with learning quickly and applying new technologies. 
• Demonstrates ability to develop creative solutions for planning in constrained space, power and cooling environments. 
• Demonstrates ability to work in a professional manner in a fast-paced, highly collaborative team environment, across different customer populations with different client and technical teams. 
• Demonstrated excellent written/oral communication skills, technical documentation skills, user liaison skills, and personal interaction abilities. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with multiple building management software systems (BMS) for controlling environmental air, alarm point and general building systems. 
• Experience designing and implementing electrical direct current (DC) systems including troubleshooting, distribution and circuit overload protection devices.  
• Strong skills working with data center management databases, metrics, capacity planning, infrastructure monitoring, and strategic direction. 
• Data-Center-specific credentials, such as Certified Data Center Management Professional (CDCMP), or similar.  
• Familiarity with the ITIL framework and implementation. 
• Familiarity with Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) tools. 

Working Conditions

Hybrid, open office environment. The person in this position will be required to work in a data center type environment which is a noisy, cool and clean room type of environment. This person will, on occasion, need to work with hand tools and in crouched positions in and around computer room raised floors. This person will be required to operate a motor vehicle safely and in accordance with UW Transportation Services Motor Pool policies and procedures. This person will be required to move some computing equipment and other such equipment using various types of lifting devices.  

• Required to be in an on-call rotation and to respond in a timely and appropriate fashion while on call.  
• Travel to and from UWIT’s various data centers and communications facilities will be required. Other travel may be required for training and professional enrichment as required by the position.  
• This is an essential position and is required to report to work remotely when UW suspends operations. 

About the Team

UW-IT is the central IT organization for the University of Washington, providing critical technology support to all three campuses, UW medical centers and global research operations. UW-IT collaborates with University partners to advance teaching, learning, innovation and discovery at the UW.  The DCSO team within UW-IT, provides Operations and Maintenance supporting large-scale data centers and multiple smaller network and telecommunications facilities with emphasis on Research customer platforms. Much of the daily activities will be focused on monitoring and servicing Research customers platforms to ensure adequate operational and maintenance support is utilized to ensure operational integrity of the Research IT platform, and planning and designing sustainable solutions to ensure this capability in the future.