High Security Design Manager

Microsoft • ,

8d • $119,800 - $261,000

About The Position

Microsoft Cloud Operations and Innovation (CO&I) builds and operates cloud infrastructure. Within CO+I, Air-Gapped Cloud (AGC) delivers mission-critical datacenter capacity and infrastructure for specialized environments with unique delivery requirements. The Microsoft portfolio includes complex, multidisciplinary, large-scale, multi-year datacenter construction and lease projects. The High Security Design Manager helps deliver cloud datacenters supporting Microsoft’s online services and security-conscious customers.

This role manages the engineering scope, schedule, and budget for greenfield, brownfield, and retrofit engineering and design projects. It manages internal and external resources delivering datacenter building, power, cooling, telecommunications, and controls infrastructure aligned with Microsoft’s datacenter capacity roadmap. The manager facilitates and delivers datacenter designs and innovative technologies from site due diligence through design development, permitting, construction, and turnover to Operations. The role provides design management, technical direction, decision-making, and leadership, overseeing multiple concurrent design solutions aligned with project scope, schedule, and budget. It engages Microsoft stakeholders and external datacenter architecture and engineering vendors.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in architecture, engineering, or a related field and 4 or more years of experience in engineering, architecture, or construction engineering, or equivalent experience.
• At least 2 years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team design or construction projects.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including passing the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.
• Verification of U.S. citizenship to meet federal government security requirements.
• Proficiency in commercial and industrial architecture and engineering, with a primary focus on datacenter design.
• Communication, organization, and leadership skills.
• Ability to work with technical and non-technical groups in a fast-paced environment while maintaining an even temperament.
• Integrity, a methodical and detail-oriented approach, and a strong work ethic.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree and 10 or more years of experience in engineering, architecture, or construction engineering.
• At least 8 years of experience leading cross-discipline engineering or architectural teams in design for construction projects.
• Registered Professional Engineer or Architect.
• PMP certification.
• U.S. security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Manage engineering scope, schedule, and budget for greenfield, brownfield, and retrofit engineering and design projects.
• Manage internal and external resources delivering datacenter building, power, cooling, telecommunications, and controls infrastructure aligned with Microsoft’s datacenter capacity roadmap.
• Facilitate and deliver datacenter designs and innovative technology from site due diligence through design development, permitting, construction, and turnover to Operations.
• Provide design management, technical direction, decision-making, and overall leadership for datacenter designs.
• Oversee delivery of multiple concurrent datacenter design solutions aligned with project scope, schedule, and budget.
• Engage with Microsoft stakeholder groups and external vendors specializing in datacenter architecture and engineering.
• Coordinate architects, engineers, and designers to deliver projects within defined scope, schedule, and budget.
• Collaborate with on-site operations teams to conduct feasibility and gap analyses for converting existing datacenter spaces to new or upgraded uses.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager