Critical Power Systems Specialist, Operations Engineering

CyrusOne is a leading company in the data center industry, seeking a Critical Power Systems Specialist for Operations Engineering. This role focuses on ensuring the readiness and reliability of electrical power infrastructure across data center sites, involving commissioning activities, site inspections, and collaboration between various teams.

Responsibilities:

• Support and oversee commissioning activities for critical power systems, including UPS systems, generators, MV/LV distribution, switchgear, grounding, and monitoring systems
• Validate electrical system performance, protection schemes, redundancy, and operational readiness prior to facility turnover and customer load deployment
• Conduct site inspections, audits, and operational health checks focused on power system reliability, safety, and risk identification
• Apply electrical reliability and maintenance standards (including NFPA 70B) as a practical reference when evaluating power system condition, inspection findings, and operational readiness
• Identify operational gaps or risks, document findings, and support mitigation and close‑out activities
• Act as a bridge between design/construction teams, commissioning agents, and site operations to ensure documentation, procedures, and operator readiness are complete
• Provide feedback and lessons learned to support continuous improvement of standards, processes, and future data center builds

Requirements:

• Experience supporting mission‑critical or industrial electrical systems in an operations, commissioning, validation, or oversight capacity (data centers, healthcare, oil & gas, manufacturing, military, etc.)
• Strong operational understanding of UPS systems, generators, power distribution, switchgear, and how electrical systems integrate end‑to‑end
• Exposure to commissioning activities from a witnessing, oversight, or operational validation perspective (direct ownership of FAT/SAT/IST is not required)
• Ability to work independently in a remote, highly autonomous environment
• Must be able to travel up to 50%, including week‑long site visits
• Working knowledge of electrical safety and industry standards such as NFPA 70/70E/110, IEEE, and NETA ATS/MTS
• Familiarity with protective relays, grounding and EPMS/SCADA environments
• Experience supporting facilities that follow formal LOTO and energized‑work safety programs
• Familiarity with NFPA 70B and its application to electrical equipment maintenance, testing, inspection, and reliability programs
• Experience working with operational tools such as CMMS, DCIM/BMS, or participating in incident response or RCA processes
• Experience performing system audits, inspections, or readiness assessments
• Prior data center or other mission‑critical facility experience