Senior Consultant, Data Center

Senior Consultant, Data Center

Remote/Anywhere in the US

Full-Time

Position: Senior Data Center Consultant

EYP Mission Critical Facilities, part of Ramboll Americas Engineering, is an innovator and a market leader in sustainable Data Center Consulting & Strategy, Design, and Commissioning with a 25-year history of excellence in the industry. Numerous Fortune 500 companies, top tier universities, and global data center providers/investors, rely on EYP MCF to provide responsive solutions to today's complex data center challenges. The Consulting groups core focus is to provide data center strategy analysis with the expertise to address the clients forward mission goals inclusive of their IT and Network architecture. The end goal is to develop a data center sourcing solution for our clients to use their existing facilities, colocation services, cloud services, or build new facilities. This includes developing a new data center topology, reliability and redundancy needs and associated financial analysis for decision support requirements. The group also supports a wide range of data center assessment projects for investors looking to acquire data centers or develop them. Our growing team depends on motivated professionals with a flexible skill set and the ability to provide often unique, critical thinking to address the ever-changing landscape of data center design and operations.

Summary of Job Role and Responsibilities

The ideal Senior team member will provide leadership in many areas but specific to this position is the ability to support the analysis of data center infrastructure as part of our strategy development projects. The skill sets include, Electrical, Mechanical, General Facility's Systems, Operations, and Master Planning. The ideal candidate will have these skills for the accurate completion of various data center assessments and "due diligence" tasks as part of an overall team conducting a data center strategy analysis for our client.

The Senior Data Center Consultant will demonstrate the following required abilities:

* Leading and participating in the delivery of major projects - the candidate will perform as the client "Trusted Advisor" and Subject Matter Expert for all projects they develop. The candidate will participate in delivery and will need to learn the use of the group's analytic tools and support as required.

* Presentation and Writing Skills: The candidate will need to communicate professionally, effectively in verbal and written form to client CIO/CFO/COO's and other senior positions. In addition to client focused work, the candidate is expected to participate as an industry expert in symposiums, professional journals, and webinars.

* Team-members generally work from their home office and travel when required. Travel can average 50%

It is desirable that the successful candidate have one or more of the following advanced requirements:

* Applicable data center professional certifications

* 10 Years + data center operational experience in privately owned or colocation facilities

* BA/BS from an accredited College/University. Engineering or Computer Science degree is a plus.

* Ability to pass a background check prior to offer letter

* Hold a U.S. passport and travel internationally

Electrical

1. Must be fully competent in the skills required to correctly interpret electrical one-line drawings reflecting facility electrical systems from point of origin to their equipment in a mission critical space(s)

2. Must be able to correctly determine the loading concept of redundant systems and accurately calculate the maximum load capability based on the redundant concept presently deployed in the facility.

3. Be completely familiar with industry standard redundancy ratings and the requirements to obtain each level.

4. Ability to collect and record operational data from electrical including utility meters, electrical switchboards, circuit breakers, UPS systems, power distribution units, control panels, generators, transfer switches, and facility infrastructure metering stations. Confidential

5. Be able to analyze infrastructure designs and identify them down to component levels for purposes of categorizing and identifying typical mission critical facility design approaches as practiced in the industry.

6. Have a complete knowledge of Mean Time Between Failure, Mean Time To Repair, reliability, maintainability and/or concurrent maintainability as they apply to critical electrical systems

7. Possess the skills required to assess the condition and success of maintenance processes employed in the critical facility.

8. Fully familiar with electrical grounding systems along with a basic understanding of lightning protection systems.

9. Ability to identify single points of failure in mission critical electrical infrastructure systems and provide potential risk mitigation options.

10. Ability to perform base power calculations from observed or supplied data: i.e., power (in kilowatts), cooling (in tons or kilowatts), KVA, power factors, power per area (watts per square foot or meter).

11. Knowledgeable in the requirements of the National Electrical Code

12. Ability to safely work in facility infrastructure spaces without injury to self or others.

13. Ability to follow written and verbal instructions relating to technical materials and presentations.

14. Ability to use standard Windows based software applications (MS Word, Excel, Power Point, etc.

Mechanical

1. Must be fully competent in the skills required to correctly interpret a mechanical one-line drawing reflecting facility HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning) systems typically employed in mission critical facilities from critical space cooling systems to the point of final heat rejection to atmosphere.

2. Must be able to correctly determine the loading concept of redundant systems and accurately calculate the maximum load capability based on the redundant concept presently deployed in the facility.

3. Be completely familiar with industry standard redundancy ratings and the requirements to obtain each level.

4. Ability to collect and record operational data from mechanical equipment, chillers, control panels, CRAC and CRAH units, piping pressure and temperature gages and similar facility infrastructure metering stations.

5. Ability to analyze infrastructure designs and identify them down to component levels for purposes of categorizing and identifying typical mission critical facility design approaches as practiced in the industry.

6. Ability to understand Mean Time Between Failure, Mean Time To Repair, reliability, maintainability and/or concurrent maintainability, as they apply to critical mechanical systems.

7. Ability to assess the condition of maintenance processes employed in the critical facility.

8. Ability to identify single points of failure in mission critical Mechanical infrastructure systems and provide potential riskmitigation options

Operations

1. Must be able to understand maintenance staffing plans and skill requirements.

2. Be able to evaluate the building monitoring and control systems

3. Ability to assess the condition the critical spaces

4. Possess a complete understanding of Emergency Power Off (EPO) systems and the functions there of.

5. Ability to evaluate thevarious firedetection and suppression systems

6. Ability to evaluate the condition of and maintenance practices employed to assure high reliability of fire detection and suppression systems

7. Ability to evaluate and assess security systems employed in mission critical facilities including perimeter systems, video systems, card access, biometric access, room level to rack level protection.

8. Ability to evaluate maintenance management process and/or systems in use to ensure proper maintenance management.

9. Ability to evaluate change management process and/or systems in use.

10. Be able to assess documentation available for the critical equipment infrastructure.

Conceptual Master Planning

1. Be able to evaluate the overall facility and provide input to such in the planning sessions and workshops

2. Working with Engineering/Design colleagues, assisting in the development of conceptual designs for infrastructure expansion and/or capacity changes.

5. Ability to provide ROM (Rough Order of Magnitude) estimates (+/- 30%) for recommendations

Where People Flourish

Our mission is to create sustainable societies where people and nature flourish. This means that a culture of inclusion is embedded in everything we do. Our people bring diverse backgrounds and experiences to the company, enabling us to deliver innovative and forward-thinking solutions to our clients. We also know how important it is to achieve the right balance of where, when, and how much you work. At Ramboll, we offer flexibility as part of our positive and inclusive approach to work. We are committed to equal employment opportunity, regardless of age, disability or medical condition, gender identity, marriage and domestic partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, ancestry, or national origin, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation, military service and veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. Ramboll wants to ensure opportunities are accessible to candidates with disabilities. So, please let us know if there are any changes we could make to the application process to make it more comfortable for you. You can contact us atjob.advert.accessibility@ramboll.comwith such requests.

Salary Transparency

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across severalU.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this positionis $160,000 - $180,000 annually and does not include bonuses, overtime or other forms of compensation or benefits. Paywithin this range varies by work locationand may also depend on job-related knowledge, skills,and experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process.

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