Solutions Engineer
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Job Location:
Dallas, IA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
3 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Title: Solution Engineer
Location: Dallas Tx
Travel: 30% - 40%
Your Role
As a Solutions Engineer you will serve as the primary technical partner to the Sales organization and the lead engineer responsible for developing accurate customer ready data center fit out solutions. You will translate customer requirements into practical technically sound data center designs that account for space power cooling and operational constraints. This includes creating and reviewing layouts evaluating feasibility and guiding customers through the tradeoffs and decisions that shape their infrastructure footprint.
This role requires strong working knowledge of both electrical and mechanical data center systemsincluding generators UPS systems switchgear chillers CRAC/CRAH units airflow design and emerging liquid cooling methodsalong with hands-on experience using layout or modeling tools such as AutoCAD. You do not need to be a deep-driving subject matter expert but you must be able to confidently speak the customers language and translate technical concepts into clear business aligned recommendations.
You will work directly with customers throughout the engagement: conducting site tours leading technical presentations validating requirements reviewing fit outs design and ensuring the proposed solution is fully aligned with Digital Realtys capabilities and the customers operational needs. Connectivity (cross connects carriers cloud onramps) is huge plus.
What Youll Do
- Partner with Sales during customer discovery sessions to understand capacity power cooling and layout requirements
- Design and propose data center fit outs including cage/cabinet layouts electrical distribution and cooling configurations
- Use AutoCAD or similar tools to review or create customer layout concepts
- Lead discussions on generators UPS systems switchgear grounding power density and redundancy models
- Translate cooling requirements into viable solutions involving chillers CRAH/CRAC units airflow design hot/cold aisle separation and emerging liquid cooling methods
- Guide customers through the technical feasibility of their requested solutions
- Support RFP/RFI technical responses solution write-ups capacity reviews and infrastructure diagrams
- Work with engineering operations and delivery teams to validate feasibility and timelines
- Conduct customer tours and provide clear confident explanations of technical infrastructure
- Provide connectivity guidance on cross connects carriers (AT&T Verizon) cloud onramps (Azure AWS) and service fabrics
- Stay current on data center mechanical electrical and interconnection trends
What Youll Bring
- Experience in pre-sales engineering solutions engineering or technical consulting
- Strong working knowledge of data center electrical systems (generators UPS switchgear grounding distribution)
- Strong working knowledge of mechanical systems (chillers CRAC/CRAH airflow liquid cooling thermal design)
- Ability to create or interpret data center layouts ideally with AutoCAD or equivalent
- Experience speaking with enterprise customers and translating technical requirements into feasible solutions
- Understanding of connectivity basics: cross connects carriers cloud providers (Azure AWS)
- Ability to travel up to 40% for tours design sessions and customer workshops
- Excellent communication and technical storytelling skills
- Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering or related field preferred
What we can offer you
Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers.
Join us and youll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. As part of our team youll get to work with people from different business areas challenge the way we do things and put your ideas into action. Well also give you plenty of development opportunities so you can build a rewarding and successful career with us.
Apply today take charge of your career and grow your talents with us.
A bit about us
Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL the companys global data center platform provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300 facilities in 50 metros across 25 countries on six continents.
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Health and Safety
Safety isnt just a priority here at Digital; its critical to everything we do. Safeguarding lives protecting assets and securing data arent just ideals theyre essential pillars of our commitment to excellence for our people our partners and our customers. We have a culture of care where every member of Team Digital embraces a relentless pursuit of working safely across Digital Realty. Together we are Safely Powering Progress.
Our Compensation Philosophy
Digital Realty offers its employees a highly competitive compensation package excellent benefits and an environment that recognizes and rewards your contributions. Central to our compensation philosophy is rewarding our employees for achieving the values and objectives aligned to the companys overall goals and value
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About Company
With Digital Realty, you can leverage our full interconnection capabilities across our global ecosystem including data centers, connectivity and cloud services.
