Critical Operations Technician II

Location: Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. On-site role with no travel or less than 5% travel; work hours may vary, including weekends, holidays, late nights, and on-call support.

hirify.global provides wholesale, colocation, and cloud data center infrastructure for hyperscale and enterprise customers.

What you will do

• Operate, monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot electrical, mechanical, building monitoring, control, and fire life safety systems.
• Maintain chilled-water, HVAC, CRAC/CRAH, humidification, fan wall, chiller, UPS, PDU, RPP, switchgear, and critical power distribution systems.
• Respond to abnormal conditions and incidents, escalate issues, prepare follow-up reports, and conduct regular facility and security tours.
• Execute preventive and predictive maintenance, manage discrepancies in the CMMS and related databases, and coordinate issue resolution.
• Analyze operating trends, recommend efficiency improvements, coordinate power installations and upgrades, and help prevent unplanned customer-impacting outages.
• Develop and maintain procedures for preventive and corrective maintenance and provide day-to-day customer support.

Requirements

• Must be eligible to work in the United States and pass a comprehensive background screening.
• High school diploma or equivalent and 3–5 years of experience in data center or other mission-critical operations.
• Strong understanding of data center electrical and mechanical systems, including UPS, transformers, PDUs, RPPs, chillers, CRAH, CRAC, STS, ATS, and pre-action systems.
• Strong knowledge of NFPA 70E, NFPA 72, NFPA 25, and fire life safety compliance standards.
• Experience with Microsoft Office, database software, operational trending and analysis, and PC-based site monitoring systems.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a high-stress environment, work outside normal business hours, and lift or move up to 25 pounds.

Nice to have

• United States Navy Nuclear Engineering experience.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k), flexible spending accounts, life insurance, paid time off, paid leave programs, and a cell phone subsidy.
• Peer-to-peer recognition and rewards programs.
• Company events, game nights, happy hours, and barbecues.
• Safety-focused environment with opportunities to contribute to operational improvements as the organization grows.