Datacenter Engineering

About Bytedance
Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Helo, and Resso, as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.

About the Team
The Datacenter Infrastructure Engineering team supports the company's fast growth by building and operating hyperscale datacenters. The team manages the end to end lifecycle of server fleet, providing cloud solutions and various infrastructure services ensuring that they are scalable and are reliable.

About the Role

**Responsibilities**:

- Develop a good understanding of mechanical and electrical designs in our data centers for the region under APAC.
- Periodically review and regularly audit data hall layout plans and perform test fit to validate server capacity plans and failover calculations.
- Support the DC Operations team as a Subject Matter Expert to understand and manage design limitations and risks.
- Manage a team of technicians to drive the change management process for high-risk maintenance activities in our data centers.
- Oversee a team of technicians to manage incident response, outages, and remediation efforts with internal teams and external stakeholders during facility events and incidents.
- Regularly audit, review, and collaborate with our CoLocation Partners on their maintenance program and effectiveness.
- Participate and review Data Center Mechanical and Electrical Designs and other disciplines for new data center builds and data hall expansion fit-outs.
- Engage in testing and commissioning reviews and discussions to determine required tests to verify design elements.
- Continually maintain positive and collaborative working relations with partner teams, vendors, teammates, and internal customers.

Minimum Qualifications
- Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or relevant discipline.
- Knowledge of standard power and cooling calculations necessary to determine capacity requirements (i.e., TIA-942, ASHRAE).
- Experience with Power Redundancy and its implementation in design (i.e., 2N or N+1 Distributed Redundant).
- Understand Cooling Redundancy and how Concurrent Maintainability is implemented in design (i.e., N+1 or N+2).
- Experience in the following areas:

- Supervision of the construction team to complete Data Hall fit-out experience, including IT services Coordination, Power and Cooling Planning.
- Influence the testing and commissioning team to perform L1 to L5 commissioning tests to validate the system design intent and resolve technical problems.
- Electrical and/or mechanical engineering experience such as generators, chillers, cooling towers, air handling units, UPS, electrical sub-distribution systems, etc.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with attention to clarity and detail.

Preferred Qualifications
- A high level of agility with the ability to prioritize work and stay organized in a complex, fast-paced environment with high ambiguity.
- Vendors, projects, or program engagement experience.
- Good judgment with a calculated risk approach during uncertainties.

ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.