DataBank Infrastructure Engineering is a team is responsible for delivering mission critical infrastructure for DataBank's collocate data center business. Portfolio consists of small leased/owned facilities to large campuses.
DataBank is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer with a strong electrical engineering background in small to large scale data center facility design, construction, and operations. This candidate will be responsible for ensuring mission critical facility designs meet DataBank's Basis of Design and technical standards. The position requires travel to sites, vendor interaction beginning with the design process, construction, and commissioning of the installed systems. This position is part of an engineering team that are subject matter experts and provide engineering support for the entire organization.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Provide electrical engineering support for internal Colo Engineering, Construction, Facilities, Operations, Sustainability, and Sales teams.
- Review equipment submittals & RFI's for construction and procurement.
- Assist with development of complex Method of Procedures (MOP's) and Sequence of Operations (SOP's) for facility systems.
- Perform site or data hall capacity analysis and help complete customer audit and sales RFP documentation.
- Support startup, commissioning, and integrated systems testing. Review commissioning scripts for completeness and mitigate impacts to critical infrastructure or operations as required.
- Review energy conservation and efficiency improvement initiatives for new and existing facilities.
- Create conceptual designs and provide design specifications per latest Basis of Design standards and direct 3rd party consulting engineering firms to provide designs that comply with DataBank standards.
- Work with utility companies to ensure delivery of appropriate capacity as soon as possible.
- Review and approve MOP's per DataBank Change Control process and policy to minimize risk to data center operations and ensuring personnel safety.
- Work with Procurement team to specify and select equipment for DataBank stocking program or customers that meet customer and DataBank specifications and standards.
- Represent DataBank in project meetings as needed.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from an ABET-accredited program.
- Minimum five years of professional experience in various aspects of data center design, maintenance, and operations with emphasis on design.
- Thorough understanding of various power distribution topology designs: Distributed redundant, Block redundant, Catcher/reserve, etc.
- Strong design, operational, and commissioning knowledge of data center facility electric power distribution systems from the substation (medium voltage) to the rack level (240/415V or 120/208V) utilizing electrical switchgear, protection schemes, standby generators, uninterruptible power systems (UPS), automatic/static transfer systems (ATS/STS), bus duct, power distribution units (PDU's), remote power panels (RPP's), DC power plants, electrical grounding, and EPMS.
- Working knowledge of applicable building codes and regulations (National Electric Code, NETA, ASHRAE, etc).
- Experience with power systems analysis and engineering software packages (SKM, Easy Power, etc.)
- Working knowledge of all data center critical systems, engineering functions, and concepts
- Practical and theoretical aspects of complex electrical and mechanical designs
- Calculations (kVA, kW, tons (cooling), CFM, GPM, PUE, etc.)
- Air containment configurations (Hot/Cold Aisle Design)
- Capacity Auditing and Planning
- Over subscription theory and Failover analysis
- Familiarity with typical datacenter equipment (Chillers, Pumps, CRAC/CRAH, DX, Humidification, UPS, Generators, Switchgear, DC Plant, PDU, STS, Batteries, VFD)
- Experience with AutoCAD, BlueBeam Revu, and MS Office Suite
- Ability to travel to various sites upon hire to become familiar with key sites across the United States.
- Willing and able to work off hours - outages, maintenances, etc
- Strong technical writing, documentation, and communication skills with attention to detail.
- Leadership competencies and willingness to work cross-functionally to maximize revenue and provide an exceptional business partner and customer experience.
- Must be able to self-manage, prioritize, and successfully execute multiple concurrent projects as part of a team distributed across multiple time zones in a fast-paced environment.
Benefits
• Health, Vision and Dental Insurance Packages including HSA & FSA Accounts
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability?Insurance
• Life Insurance
• 401k & ROTH IRA with company match
• 3 weeks Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
