Senior Facility Engineer, Korea

Who we are:

Digital Edge is a trusted and forward-looking data center platform company, established to transform digital infrastructure in Asia. Backed by Stonepeak, a leading alternative investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets, Digital Edge has in excess of US$1 billion in committed capital.

Our mission is to bridge the digital divide across Asia Pacific by building the sustainable digital ecosystems of the future. Through building and operating state-of-the-art, energy efficient data centers rich with connectivity options, we bring new colocation and interconnect options to the Asian market, making digital infrastructure deployment in the region easy, efficient and economical.

Founded in 2020 the company has grown rapidly across multiple markets in the region, and currently provides data center and fiber services across China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, and the Philippines.

This role is an exciting opportunity to join our fast growing team as we further expand our footprint across Asia.

Our Values:

• Respect: We embrace diversity and collaboration.
• Innovation: We share ideas and solve problems.  
• Grit: We are driven and determined.
• Excellence: We optimize for success.
• Responsibility: We do what’s right for our people and the planet.

What we need:

Reporting to the Facility Manager, this role is accountable for the operations, maintenance, planning and documentation of DC operations procedures and associated mission critical infrastructures toward the most efficient and maximum utilization of facilities, equipment, and operational resources. As a key member of the Operations Team, the candidate will support mentoring practices for engineering staff to ensure continuity of training and quality results. This ensures effective uptime of the facilities, lower possible PUE, quality contractor and project activities and required maintenance. This role will be based in Seoul, Korea.

Key responsibilities:

• Maintain the DC Critical Electrical, Cooling, Fire Protection and Building Management System (BMS) infrastructure per manufacturers’ recommendation and corporate specifications
• Supervise operational maintenance work and renewal construction work with vendors
• Manage routine maintenance and emergency services, scheduling on a variety of critical systems, such as electrical facility, mechanical facility, security system and fire system
• Establish documentation of SOP, MOP, EOP and required documents related the DE’s DC facility operation and management
• On-call emergency response and support as necessary to maintain the highest level of integrity and availability to building systems, electrical infrastructure efficiency and lowest possible PUE
• Set up MEP maintenance and monitoring policy
• Interface with building management systems and other automated tools and applications to ensure operational efficiencies and energy improvement
• Work directly with the customer and/or support staff to identify and troubleshoot as necessary to isolate the root cause of problems
• Liaise with global team on global initiatives as well as process and procedures, implement those initiatives locally in Korea
• Actively champion and implement policies and procedures for occupational health & safety in the workplace, information security management, environmental management systems; incident management; and comply with all legal regulatory requirements of the organization

The successful candidate:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science or equivalent skills
• More than 5 years of work experience in supporting a 24x7 data center’s facility management
• Electrical, Fire or Mechanical engineer certification is preferred
• Extensive operational knowledge of electrical distribution (e.g. switch gear, transformers, automatic transfer switch, UPS, STS, Drups, battery management systems, generators, and PDUs to the branch level), cooling system, fire protection and building management system
• Ability to respond to facility-related emergencies in a timely manner with sound recovery plans
• Effective communication skills with the ability to successfully interact with both internal and external customers
• Strong project management, trouble-shooting and organizational skills
• Experience in telecommunications / digital infrastructure sectors is beneficial
• Good command in spoken and written English
• A team player willing to be hands-on in a dynamic and fast paced environment