Data Center Consultant, Critical Facilities Operations and Maintenance

Summary

Join a dynamic and innovative company as a Senior Data Center Consultant, providing leadership in data center strategy analysis with expertise in electrical, mechanical, operations, and master planning skills.

Requirements

• Must be fully competent in electrical skills to correctly interpret electrical one-line drawings reflecting facility electrical systems from utility to point of distribution in a mission critical space(s)
• 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
• Be completely familiar with industry standard redundancy ratings and the requirements to obtain each level
• 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
• 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
• Must a complete knowledge of basic reliability concepts of redundancy, Mean Time Between Failure, Mean Time To Repair, availability, reliability, maintainability, concurrent maintainability, downtime, as they apply to electrical systems employed to develop highly reliable facility infrastructures
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Fully familiar with electrical grounding systems along with a basic understanding of lightening protection systems
• 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
• Identify adverse energy usage patterns and practices in facility infrastructure equipment and recommend viable strategies to reduce energy consumption related to the findings identified
• 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)
• 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)
• 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
• Be completely familiar with industry standard redundancy ratings and the requirements to obtain each level
• 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
• 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
• Must be able to develop maintenance staffing plans and skill requirements
• Be able to operate and evaluate the building monitoring and control systems employed to manage mission critical mechanical and electrical infrastructure systems and components
• 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

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership in the analysis of data center infrastructure as part of our strategy development projects
• Support the analysis of data center infrastructure for accurate completion of various data center 'due diligence' tasks

Preferred Qualifications

• Be able to evaluate the overall facility and provide input to such in the planning sessions and workshops
• Working with Engineering/Design colleagues, assist in the development of conceptual designs for infrastructure expansion and/or capacity changes
• Possess a complete understanding redundancy requirements and Tier levels
• Ability to evaluate the overall critical loading requirements for data center 'greenfield' options
• Ability to provide ROM (Rough Order of Magnitude) estimates (+/- 30%) for recommendations