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Role: Data Center Engineer
Location: Baltimore, MD (Hybrid - Locals Preferred)
Duration: 12 months contract
Job Description:
Responsibilities:
Data Center / Office Space Design and Planning:
- Create detailed design specifications, floor plans, equipment layouts, and schematics using AutoCAD or similar design tools
- Evaluate and select appropriate power and cooling solutions to ensure optimal equipment performance and energy efficiency
- Work with project teams to gather and review requirements for new space planning
- Audit existing conditions for completeness and adherence to standards, documenting gaps and tracking for completion
- Complete as-built documentation updates based on audit results
Power and Cooling:
- Design and optimize data center power distribution and cooling systems for maximum efficiency and reliability
- Calculate power loads, perform heat load analyses, and assess cooling requirements to prevent overheating and ensure proper equipment operation
Data Connectivity:
- Design data cabling and network connectivity layouts to support high-speed data transmission and interconnectivity between server racks, switches, and networking equipment
- Design horizontal cabling connectivity for office environments including workstations, wireless access, security, and facilities management systems
- Ensure cable management and labelling standards are followed to maintain organization and ease of maintenance
Project Management
- Collaborate with project teams to define scope, timeline, and budget for data center design projects.
- Identify and address potential design challenges and recommend solutions to ensure successful project delivery
Documentation
- Produce CAD and PDF documents of record for site designs, audits, and publication to other teams
- Provide detailed tracking of audited conditions against designs or documents of record for gap analysis through remediation
- Review and submit changes for existing, internal standards documents where industry standards and best practices have evolved, providing guidance to teams on projects.
Qualifications:
Required:
- 3 years of proven experience in data center design, power and cooling, and data connectivity
- Familiar with Cooling Systems for computer rooms including ASHRAE 9.9 standards
- Proficient in Microsoft Office products
- Familiar with Data Cabling standards from TAI
- Knowledge of CommScope Systimax product offerings and cabling standards
- Experience with Copper and Fiber test results on Fluke testing systems
- Proficiency in AutoCAD for creating detailed drawings and schematics
Preferred
- LISP (aka AutoLISP) scripting experience to enhance batch processing of existing CAD files
- Experience with Data Center Infrastructure Management tools (Bonus with Sunbird dcTrack experience)
- RCDD certification
One or more of the following or similar:
- CDCP (Certified Data Centre Professional) certification is a plus
- CDCD or CDCDP certification (Certified Data Center Designer/ Certified Data Center Design Professional)
- CDCEP certification (Certified Data Centre Energy Professional)
- To do their role, it's very helpful for a person to be handy- someone who has a foot in both worlds (networking guys don't understand building things and building guys don't understand networking things, so as PM need to be bridge in between
- AutoCAD experience and general knowledge is a must-don't need super in-depth knowledge because they aren't designing whole buildings, but like layers, blocks, etc
- Need to understand how to bring in an XREF and publish out (that's an architects drawing-laying an it builds on top on the existing design. If you say XREF to someone and they don't know what it is, probably not the right person
- Key to have the right mindset with concepts in IT and building world but willing to train on a lot, but the higher the knowledge of power, cooling, how to design a cable plan etc the better
- The team focuses on when offices are altered, designing the IT room for that space- for new hq they treat them like tiny data centers, and also reaching out to other teams (print team, desktop team, all hardware ish teams) to see what needs to be in that office, calculating what needs to fit in the room for space power and cooling, and also consult and design cable plan out of that room to the office floor itself. Looking for tech background who understands networking and data center, someone who understands power and cooling and builds
- Need to be able to read and interpret design documents
- At least 3 years data center design exp
- Certifications: CDCDP, CDCMP both are good but not a dealbreaker-experience wins over certifications
- IV process: 2 rounds, one virtual one in person (either at pratt or OM)
- Communication is important- collaborative team and needs to be able to work with construction teams as well
Thanks & Regards
Bhargav Kalyandurg
Recruitment Lead
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Email:
ASPIRE IT SOLUTIONS INC.
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