Principal Operations Engineer, Electrical (AI Data Centers)

Location: Delaware, United States; remote role with approximately 50%–75% travel across the data-center fleet

Salary: $250,000–$270,000 per year

Company

hirify.global provides information technology and workforce solutions, including services delivered by professionals across the United States and Canada.

What you will do

• Serve as the senior technical authority for operational electrical infrastructure across a hyperscale AI data-center fleet.
• Lead site assessments, operational audits, technical-readiness reviews, and site activation preparation.
• Review electrical designs and specifications from an operational perspective.
• Own commissioning-to-operations handoffs and approve high-risk electrical MOPs, EOPs, and AOPs.
• Lead root-cause analysis for significant electrical events through resolution.
• Collaborate with operations, design, construction, hardware, and EHS teams while supporting cluster leads and field engineers.

Requirements

• Extensive experience operating mission-critical electrical systems, preferably with a trades or field-operations background.
• Strong knowledge of switchgear, UPS systems, generators, paralleling, ATS/STS, PDUs, and EPMS in live critical environments.
• Proven experience authoring and executing high-risk electrical MOPs.
• Experience leading root-cause analysis for significant electrical events through closure.
• Ability to assess operational readiness, audit site posture, raise technical standards, and develop teams.
• Ability to travel approximately 50%–75% across the data-center fleet.

Nice to have

• Experience with hyperscale or large colocation environments operating at hundreds of megawatts.
• Expertise in NETA, NFPA 70E, EPMS platforms, arc-flash and electrical-safety programs, or Uptime Institute standards.

Culture & Benefits

• Direct-hire, full-time position.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• 401(k) contributions, PTO, and sick leave.
• AI tools may assist with application and interview evaluation; final decisions are made by qualified hiring personnel.