ByteDance

Facilities Operation Engineer

ByteDance  •  Ashburn, VA (Onsite)  •  2 days ago
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Job Description

About the Team
The Datacenter Facility Operation team supports the company's fast growth by operating and maintaining hyperscale datacenters. The team ensures 24/7 uptime, reliability, and efficiency of the critical infrastructure (Power and Cooling) that keeps our server fleet running seamlessly. We focus on engineering excellence, hands-on troubleshooting, and executing high-standard operational procedures.

About the Role
We are seeking a hands-on Datacenter Facility Operation Engineer to execute the daily operations, maintenance, and emergency response for our critical infrastructure. In this role, you will be the first line of defense for datacenter uptime. You are highly technical, detail-oriented, and deeply familiar with the physical infrastructure of hyperscale environments. Instead of just managing vendors from a desk, you will work alongside them, leading troubleshooting efforts, performing technical inspections, and ensuring that all maintenance aligns perfectly with global safety and operational standards.

Responsibilities
- Daily Operations & Inspection: Perform routine rounds, inspections, and health checks of critical mechanical and electrical systems to identify and mitigate anomalies before they impact operations. Regularly audit, review, and collaborate with our colocation partners on their maintenance program and effectiveness.
- Hands-on Troubleshooting & Incident Response: Serve as the primary technical responder for facility incidents.
- Work with colocation partners to lead fault isolation, root-cause analysis (RCA), and emergency switching/restoration procedures for power and cooling systems during outages.
- Maintenance Execution & Oversight: Directly supervise and technically validate preventative/corrective maintenance performed by colocation partners and vendors on critical assets (Generators, UPS, Chillers, AHUs). Manage and drive the change management process for high-risk maintenance activities in our data centers.
- High-Risk Change Execution: Act as the on-site technical authority for Critical Environment Work Authorizations (CEWA) and Method of Procedures (MOPs). Ensure all switching procedures and high-risk isolation steps are executed flawlessly.
- Deployment & Commissioning Support: Support Data Hall Fit-Outs and rack energization. Participate actively in L1–L5 commissioning tests, verifying that newly delivered infrastructure meets strict design specifications and operational tolerances.
- Operational Readiness: Maintain updating of accurate site documentation, single-line diagrams, SOPs, and EOPs (Emergency Operating Procedures). Participate in regular emergency drills to ensure maximum team readiness. Be responsible for the operation of colocation data center infrastructure, ensuring stability, exploring optimization, and improving data center management
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Continually maintain positive and collaborative working relations with partner teams, vendors, teammates, and internal customers.

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ByteDance

About ByteDance

ByteDance is a global incubator of platforms at the cutting edge of commerce, content, entertainment and enterprise services - over 2.5bn people interact with ByteDance products including TikTok.

Creation is the core of ByteDance's purpose. Our products are built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make our innovations possible.

Together, we inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we aim towards achieving every day. At ByteDance, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the users we serve. We are committed to building a safe, healthy and positive online environment for all our users.

We have over 110,000 employees based in more than 30 countries globally. Join us.

Industry
IT & Software
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
China, CN
Year Founded
Unknown
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