Senior Mechanical Standards Engineer, Data Center Critical Environment

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) is the team behind one of the World's largest Cloud Infrastructures, responsible for powering all Microsoft online Products and Services as well as powering Microsoft's "Cloud First" mission. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide.

In the Senior Mechanical Standards Engineer, Data Center Critical Environment role, you will have an opportunity to work alongside a dynamic team of industry professionals across the Critical Environments (CE) spectrum within Microsoft's 24x7x365 mission-critical data centers. You will be serving as a mission critical mechanical infrastructure subject-matter-expert with accountabilities that include, but are not limited to, development, maintenance, and delivery of global programs relating to mechanical infrastructure. These programs include maintenance, operations, and technical standards. You will monitor the execution of these programs and identify opportunities for continuous improvements. You will be expected to leverage your industry experience along with knowledge from industry governing bodies in developing these programs. You will be expected to document and implement best practices and learnings from the field as they apply to Microsoft's global mission critical mechanical infrastructure.

This is a remote role. Candidates can sit anywhere in the United States.

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Required Qualifications:

• 12+ years experience maintaining large scale mission-critical heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) infrastructure and other mechanical systems
• OR Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years experience maintaining large scale mission-critical HVAC infrastructure and other mechanical systems
• OR Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field AND 4+ years maintaining large scale mission-critical HVAC infrastructure and other mechanical systems
• OR Doctorate Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field AND 2+ years maintaining large scale mission-critical HVAC infrastructure and other mechanical systems.

Other Requirements:

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:

• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience creating and/or executing large-scale critical infrastructure maintenance and reliability programs.

• Ability to create clear, consistent, and understandable technical documentation to be leveraged by partner teams.

• Ability to manage, prioritize and successfully execute multiple concurrent mission-critical projects and communicate effectively to drive standards and consensus across multiple levels of the organization.

• Professional certifications such as Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE), Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP), Professional Engineer (PE), Chartered Engineer (CEng), or Project Management Professional (PMP)

• Experience in management, engineering, or operations of hyperscale datacenter critical environments.

• Ability to analyze large sets of data utilizing PowerBI.

Reliability Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $112,000 - $218,400 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $145,800 - $238,600 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

• Act as the technical authority for onsite operations by leading efforts to identify and recommend optimal solutions to solve complex problems.

• Develop, maintain, and deliver Microsoft's global standards and CE programs leveraging mission-critical environment mechanical infrastructure knowledge and a commitment to delivering global consistency and predictability.

• Ensure our data centers meet the highest standards of reliability and availability.

• Drive the process strategy as well as operational requirements for assigned systems and process.

• Leverage a variety of information sources, including monitoring program health, evaluating industry trends and best practices, and analyzing customer insights and lessons learned.

• Champion the delivery of new developments and implementation of programs, and serve as an escalation point for issues identified in the operations of our data centers.

• Document and implement best practices and learnings from the field as they apply to Microsoft's global mission critical facilities.

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