Microsoft

Data Center Design Architect

Microsoft • $102K — $202K *
San Antonio, TX 78228In-Person
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Master's Degree or Bachelor's Degree in Architecture with relevant experience
  • 2+ years of technical engineering experience or equivalent
  • Registered Architect with data center design expertise
  • Strong knowledge of data center architecture principles
  • Experience in site selection and master planning for data centers

Responsibilities

  • Gather information for design decisions based on various criteria
  • Review design documentation with guidance from other engineers
  • Drive design of physical networking infrastructure for datacenter facilities
  • Collaborate with Datacenter Operations on standards and materials
  • Lead design workgroups and manage cross-functional project meetings
  • Evaluate design implementation challenges and operational impacts
  • Provide architectural design reviews and guidance throughout project phases

Benefits

  • Collaboration with cross-functional teams in a global environment
  • Opportunity to drive innovation in mission-critical facilities
  • Engagement in multiple concurrent projects
  • Access to advanced design tools and methodologies
  • Support from a highly skilled technical governance team
Full Job Description
Overview

Within Datacenter Engineering (DCE), Architects play a critical role in delivering the infrastructure that powers Microsoft's global cloud services. In this role, you will collaborate with cross-functional engineering, construction, and operations teams to design and deliver mission-critical datacenter facilities from site selection and master planning through construction and handover. The ideal candidate is a collaborative problem solver with strong technical expertise, a passion for innovation, and the ability to drive high-quality solutions across multiple concurrent projects.

Responsibilities

  • Gathers information and participates in design decisions based on complexity, financial impact, quality, reliability, and time duration.
  • Review design documentation which may include drawings, specifications, or diagrams for products or features with some general guidance and feedback from other engineers.
  • Drive the design of all aspects of the physical networking infrastructure effectively and efficiently and address any design-related issues that arise during construction for all Microsoft datacenters/co-location facilities.
  • Work with Datacenter Operations and partner on standards, requirements, and materials as specified.
  • Lead design workgroups and drive cross-functional meetings for multiple, concurrent capital projects.
  • Manage issues, decisions and risks, drive initiatives to improve the efficiency and quality to scale.
  • Act as a critical thinker, develop statements of work and design documents, then review and critically evaluate bids and options for projects.
  • Evaluate operational impacts, deployment, and implementation challenges associated with design implementation for Microsoft Owned facilities and Lease sites.
  • Act as technical lead on architecture requirements and master planning impacts for special, non-conforming projects, retrofits, refreshes, and other duties as assigned.
  • Work closely with the project team to provide design review and guidance, technical leadership, and coordinated design direction for architectural, structural, and civil elements for data center design, permitting, construction and site selection, due diligence, and master planning.
  • Work across multiple projects and collaborate with key stakeholders, authorities having jurisdiction as well as external architect/engineering consultants and contractors to ensure that Microsoft's data center technical design standards and quality are met.
  • Provide architectural technical reviews and oversight for new data center designs, builds, leases, and renovations in addition to civil and structural technical support for site selection, due diligence, master planning and permitting.
  • Provide data center architectural designs and reviews (Specifications, Drawings, and Schedules) within CAD and/or Revit drawings and/or direction to architect/engineering firms for outside design work.
  • Collaborate with Global Technical Governance team, Global Strategy teams and Data Collection Engineering Operations Team to utilize Base of Design documentation to create and/or oversee the creation of the datacenter designs from basis of design to issue for constructions and through the Construction Administration phase of datacenter until handover for new data center project build-outs, leases, special projects and/or network upgrades.
  • Be highly organized and able to oversee multiple projects while providing structured thinking, logic, and analytics.
  • Hold a customer service focus with the ability to communicate with highly technical management teams.
  • Provide both remote site support for construction teams, as well as in person or virtual site visits to review all stages of the constructions projects as well as to ensure quality is being maintained throughout.
  • Hold large scale data center design experience, working knowledge of architecture design standards, experience site selection and due diligence and master planning for data centers, and design and peer review experience.


Qualifications

Required Qualifications
  • Master's Degree in Architecture or related field OR Bachelor's Degree in Architecture or related field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Doctorate in Architecture, or related field OR Master's Degree in Architecture, or related field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Architecture, or related field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience OR equivalent experience.
  • Registered Architect with Mission critical Data Center Design experience and working knowledge of Data Center Architecture and design principles.

Background Check Requirements:

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:
  • Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

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Hardware Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $102,100 - $202,200 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $133,800 - $219,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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181,000 employees
Market Cap
$1,762.4 billion
Industry
Enterprise Technology
Net Income
$51.3 billion
Founded
1975
5 Year Trend
+15.5%
Revenue
$153.2 billion
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