Senior Principal Data Center Forensic Engineer

Role Overview

• Lead forensic investigations into major incidents, equipment failures, and operational anomalies across all data center regions.
• Reconstruct event timelines and failure sequences using physical evidence, telemetry, protection trip data, logs, and sequence-of-events records.
• Produce clear, evidence-based forensic reports for executive and technical leadership.
• Identify recurring patterns across sites, equipment classes, vendors, or configurations and define systemic risk statements.
• Drive containment and corrective actions to ensure systemic issues are permanently resolved fleet-wide.
• Apply structured root cause methodologies to determine underlying failure mechanisms.
• Conduct on-site inspections, component evaluations, and condition assessments when required.
• Validate findings against system design intent, operating constraints, and expected behavior.
• Establish and maintain forensic investigation standards, templates, and documentation frameworks.
• Partner with Operations, Controls, Engineering, Reliability, and OEM partners to implement durable corrective actions.
• Mentor engineers and strengthen investigative capability across the organization.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Controls Engineering required.
• 12 or more years of experience in hyperscale or mission-critical environments.
• Deep expertise in electrical and mechanical system behavior, protection schemes, and failure mechanisms.
• Mastery of structured root cause analysis and forensic investigation techniques.
• Strong ability to interpret large operational datasets and telemetry.
• Experience investigating multi-site or fleet-wide incidents preferred.
• Experience working with OEM engineering teams or third-party forensic specialists preferred.

Benefits

• Generous Benefits Package
• Switch provides medical plan options of comprehensive coverage for you and your family that can be tailored to fit your personal needs, and more!