Senior Consultant, Data Center

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 are broken into 4 categories Electrical Mechanical Operations and Master Planning. The successful candidate must have these skills for the accurate completion of various data center due diligence tasks as part of an overall team conducting a data center strategy analysis for our client.

Qualifications :

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

Managing and participating in the delivery of major projects the candidate is expected to act as the client partner and project executive for all projects they develop. This will position the candidate to manage the project its quality and the client as a portfolio over time. The candidate will participate in delivery and will need to learn the use of the groups analytic tools and support that need as required. The candidate will also manage the project to the forecast financial measures. 

Presentation and Writing Skills: The candidate will need to communicate professionally effectively and persuasively in verbal and written form to client CIO/CFO/COOs and other senior 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 25%-50% but there might be times when sustained travel over short periods of time are required particularly when supporting our global projects.

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 utility to point of distribution in a mission critical space(s) (raised floor computer room).

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. Must a complete knowledge of basic reliability concepts of redundancy Mean Time Between Failure Mean Time To Repair availability reliability maintainability concurrent maintainabilitydowntime as they apply to electrical systems employed to develop highly reliable facility infrastructures.

7. Possess the skills required to assess the condition and success of maintenance processes employed on UPS systems UPS high power battery systems Power Distribution Units (PDU) and all ancillary equipment providing conditioned power in mission critical buildings.

8. Ability to evaluate the condition of and maintenance processes employed in operating and maintaining electrical distribution systems including transformers switches switchgear bus ducts power cabling and power distribution units.

9. Ability to evaluate and assess the condition and maintenance processes employed for high availability standby power systems including generators flywheels transfer switches and static transfer switches.

10. Fully familiar with electrical grounding systems along with a basic understanding of lightening protection systems.

11. Ability to identify single points of failure in mission critical electrical infrastructure systems and recommend valid risk mitigation steps to minimize the impact from a failure at the identified points.

12. Identify adverse energy usage patterns and practices in facility infrastructure equipment and recommend viable strategies to reduce energy consumption related to the findings identified.

13. 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).

14. Knowledgeable in the requirements of the National Electrical Code

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

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

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

18. Must be able to present themselves to the customer in a confident professional manner as the Subject Matter Expert.

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 central mechanical cooling to computer room air conditioner (or air handling unit).

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 basic reliability concepts of redundancy Mean Time Between Failure Mean Time To Repair availability reliability maintainability concurrent maintainability downtime as they apply to electrical and mechanical systems employed to develop highly reliable facility infrastructures.

7. Ability to assess the condition of and maintenance processes employed on large capacity cooling systems such as centrifugal chillers screw compressors and reciprocating units which produce cold fluids used in heat exchange systems and components.

8. Ability to assess the condition of and maintenance processes employed in heat rejection systems such as open cooling towers closed loop cooling towers air cooled chillers glycol heat exchangers split systems condenser piping loops and related mechanical heat transfer equipment.

9. Maintenance operations and success of water piping systems pumps valves and thermal storage equipment.

10. Ability to identify single points of failure in mission critical Mechanical infrastructure systems and recommend valid risk mitigation steps to minimize the impact from a failure at the identified points. Confidential

11. Ability to identify adverse energy usage patterns and practices in facility infrastructure equipment and recommend viable strategies to reduce energy consumption related to the findings identified.

12. 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).

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

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

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

16. Must be able to present themselves to the customer in a confident professional manner as the Subject Matter Expert.

Operations

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

2. Be able to operate and evaluate the building monitoring and control systems employed to manage mission critical mechanical and electrical infrastructure systems and components.

3. Ability to assess the condition of raised floor areas in data centers following a checklist provided by the product tool in a detailed and consistent manner.

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

5. Ability to evaluate the fire detection and suppression systems including smoke detectors VESDA systems FM 200 gas suppression Ansul sprinkler and dry-pipe pre-action sprinkler systems.

6. Ability to identify single points of failure in mission critical electrical and mechanical infrastructure systems and recommend valid risk mitigation steps to minimize the impact from a failure at the identified points.

7. Ability to identify define and explain reliability factors that impact data center availability and synthesize recommendations to improve infrastructure reliability in a cost effective manner

8. Ability to evaluate the condition of and maintenance practices employed to assure high reliability of fire detection and suppression systems including smoke detectors VESDA systems FM 200 gas suppression Ansul sprinkler and dry-pipe pre-action sprinkler systems.

9. 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.

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

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

12. Be able 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 assist in the development of conceptual designs for infrastructure expansion and/or capacity changes.

3. Possess a complete understanding redundancy requirements and Tier levels

4. Ability to evaluate the overall critical loading requirements for data center greenfield options

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

6. Ability to present findings and interact with customers at all levels.

Additional Information :

What we can offer you

• Investment in your development
• Leaders you can count on guided by our Leadership Principles
• Be valued for the unique person you are
• Never be short of inspiration from colleagues clients and projects
• The long-term thinking of a foundation-owned company

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