IT Site Ops Engineer - Passive Design and Low Voltage

NVIDIA•Santa Clara, CA

About The Position

NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years. It’s a unique legacy of innovation that’s fueled by great technology—and amazing people. Today, we’re tapping into the unlimited potential of AI to define the next era of computing. An era in which our GPU acts as the brains of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can understand the world. Doing what’s never been done before takes vision, innovation, and the world’s best talent. As an NVIDIAN, you’ll be immersed in a diverse, supportive environment where everyone is inspired to do their best work. Come join the team and see how you can make a lasting impact on the world! We are looking for an IT Engineer, responsible for developing and building the infrastructure supporting IT equipment in our global offices and labs. This includes partnering with our facility and business stakeholder team members on construction projects, as well as engaging internally with facilities, network, and hardware engineers on their requirements. The engineer will design and deploy the low voltage construction and own the ongoing support of network rooms in regions.

Requirements

BS in Engineering or equivalent experience
8+ years of working experience in related fields such as Telecommunications consulting, construction project management, low-voltage cabling installation
Understanding of network components and architectures
Ability to go onsite a few days a week. Physically install cables and inspect components in network rooms
Work with minimal direction and take initiatives
Ability to lead directions through challenging situations
Strong project management with excellent organizational skills
Availability to work across different time zones to support global regions

Nice To Haves

RCDD certification
Autodesk (AutoCAD, Revit) experience. Bluebeam studio familiarity
Experience in mentoring members and guiding vendors
Analytical and DCIM/CMDB skills

Responsibilities

Low-voltage design for NVIDIA office and lab builds
Partner with facility and end user stakeholders to scope project requirements.
Provide ROMBOM and cost estimates.
Technical stakeholder for low voltage bidding and contractor selection
Define locations for equipment within network rooms (security/BAS panels, rack positions for network gear, service provided wall fields).
Engage with network and Audiovisual engineers and collect their infrastructure requirements
Produce documents and specifications to instruct deployment with the low voltage contractors; Regularly walk construction projects and provide site reports with Nvidia feedback;
Record close-out documentation at project completion and hand over to users
Regional PIC (Pilot In Command) for network room engineering
Track capacity of available ports, fiber plant, and PDU outlets within network rooms;
Assist racking and cabling equipment;
Configure and connect smart PDU/UPS, monitor power usage at rack and building level
Document the network rooms and their components within our asset management database system utilizing excel based mass importation, or through the user interface (Netbox/Nautobot);
Audit IT environments to identify impact for power shutdown and asset accuracy
Low-voltage design standards and architecture
Develop and refine infrastructure standards;
Create technology roadmap, propose collaboration workflow, introduce automation to enhance efficiency;
Define success metrics to measure the deployment results