Reporting to the Director of Datacenter Engineering, you will lead design, deployment, and monitoring of next-generation power infrastructure in high-density datacenter environments. The ideal candidate will be eager to face new challenges as DigitalOcean continues to scale its data center footprint and explore new technologies to bring to our customers.
What You'll Be Doing:- Act as primary SME for all power-related engineering topics at DigitalOcean
- Act as secondary SME for all cooling-related engineering topics at DigitalOcean
- Evangelize power distribution and efficiency technologies throughout the Infra organization and company
- Develop and maintain standards and practices for DigitalOcean datacenter facilities
- Inform facility design requirements with best practices for medium- and low-voltage power distribution, redundancy topologies, and high-density rack power delivery
- Liaise with colocation facility engineering teams regarding electrical system designs
- Liaise with vendor hardware engineering teams regarding hardware electrical design requirements
- Lead selection of rack power distribution systems (busway, PDUs, rack-level power shelves) during the hardware design, ensuring designs not only meet our current needs but can scale with us
- Develop power monitoring tooling and systems to aggregate electrical monitoring information (branch circuit, PDU, and rack-level) and provide alerting capabilities
- Coordinate with operations on monitoring thresholds, failure modes and alerting
- Assist in troubleshooting cause of failures and work to prevent them in the future
- Work closely with Infra teams such as DC Operations and Machine Design to ensure facility readiness for next-generation solutions
What We'll Expect From You:- Technical Degree (BS Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology, or Power Systems Engineering) or equivalent practical experience
- Hands-on experience deploying and operating power infrastructure at scale (including experience with utility service entrances, medium-voltage switchgear, transformers, UPS systems, generators, ATS/STS, busway, PDUs, RPPs, and rack-level power distribution)
- An in-depth understanding of facility power topologies and technologies (N, N+1, 2N, and distributed redundant designs; 415/240V and 480V distribution; high-voltage DC and rack-level power shelves; etc.)
- Strong understanding of power quality, load management, and selective coordination principles in mission critical environments and knowledge of best practices around electrical monitoring and alerting
- Working knowledge of applicable electrical codes and standards (NEC, NFPA 70E, IEEE, UL) and arc flash safety practices
- Clear communication and collaboration across key stakeholders
- An insatiable passion for constant improvement
Compensation Range: *This is a onsite role
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