Senior Data Center Consultant

Ramboll • City of Syracuse, NY

3d • $125,000 - $155,000 • Remote

About The Position

EYP Mission Critical Facilities, part of Ramboll Americas Engineering, provides data center consulting, strategy, design, and commissioning services. The Senior Data Center Consultant supports data center strategy projects by analyzing infrastructure and contributing expertise across electrical systems, mechanical systems, operations, and conceptual master planning. The role conducts due diligence as part of a team developing data center strategies and sourcing solutions, including use of existing facilities, colocation, cloud services, or new builds.

The successful candidate provides leadership and technical judgment, serves as a client partner and project executive for projects they develop, and participates in project delivery. They manage project quality, client relationships, and forecast financial measures, and learn and use the group’s analytical tools. The role also involves presenting findings to customers and communicating technical information persuasively to senior client leaders. Team members generally work from a home office and travel as required; travel averages 25%–50%, with periods of sustained travel possible, particularly for global projects.

Requirements

• Demonstrated expertise interpreting electrical one-line diagrams and evaluating mission-critical electrical distribution systems, including utility service, switchgear, UPS, generators, transfer switches, PDUs, transformers, and grounding systems.
• Strong understanding of electrical redundancy concepts, reliability principles, load calculations, power capacity, single points of failure, and practical risk mitigation.
• Ability to assess the condition, operation, and maintenance effectiveness of critical power infrastructure, including UPS and battery systems, standby power, distribution equipment, and controls.
• Experience collecting, analyzing, and interpreting operational data from electrical infrastructure to evaluate performance, reliability, energy efficiency, and compliance with industry best practices.
• Working knowledge of the National Electrical Code (NEC), mission-critical facility design standards, and safe work practices in energized or critical infrastructure environments.
• Ability to interpret mechanical one-line drawings and evaluate mission-critical HVAC infrastructure, redundancy, and system load capacity.
• Ability to assess mechanical equipment and systems, including chillers, cooling towers, heat rejection systems, pumps, valves, piping, thermal storage, controls, and instrumentation.
• Ability to analyze mechanical designs for components, single points of failure, reliability risks, and energy optimization opportunities, and to recommend improvements to resilience, maintainability, and efficiency.
• Experience analyzing mechanical operational data and performing calculations related to cooling capacity, power, kVA, power factor, and energy performance.
• Knowledge of mission-critical mechanical system best practices, redundancy classifications, reliability principles such as MTBF and MTTR, availability and maintainability, and safe work practices.
• Ability to develop maintenance staffing plans and define technical skill requirements for facility operations.
• Ability to operate and evaluate BMS/BAS systems for critical mechanical and electrical infrastructure.
• Knowledge of mission-critical operations, including raised-floor environments, fire detection and suppression, critical equipment records, maintenance management, change management, and security systems.
• Comprehensive knowledge of EPO, VESDA, FM-200, Ansul, sprinkler and pre-action systems, and physical security technologies such as card access, video surveillance, biometric access, and perimeter protection.
• Ability to understand redundancy requirements and Tier levels, evaluate critical loading for greenfield options, and provide ROM estimates with approximately ±30% accuracy.
• Ability to present findings and communicate technical recommendations clearly to customers at all levels.
• Ability to manage and participate in major projects, manage project quality and client relationships, and deliver to forecast financial measures.
• Strong communication, presentation, writing, and computer skills, including use of Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to follow written and verbal instructions and serve as a confident, customer-facing subject matter expert.
• Ability to travel as required; travel averages 25%–50%, with possible periods of sustained travel.
• Ability to pass a background check prior to an offer letter.

Nice To Haves

• Applicable data center professional certifications.
• 10 or more years of data center operational experience in privately owned or colocation facilities.
• BA/BS degree from an accredited college or university; an engineering or computer science degree is a plus.
• U.S. passport and ability to travel internationally.

Responsibilities

• Analyze data center infrastructure for strategy development and due diligence projects across electrical, mechanical, operations, and master-planning areas.
• Interpret electrical one-line diagrams and assess mission-critical electrical distribution systems, capacity, reliability, condition, maintenance, performance, efficiency, and compliance.
• Interpret mechanical one-line drawings and evaluate mission-critical HVAC infrastructure, system capacity, condition, maintenance, reliability, and energy performance.
• Collect and analyze operational data and perform engineering calculations related to electrical and mechanical infrastructure.
• Develop maintenance staffing plans and define technical skill requirements for mission-critical facility operations.
• Operate and evaluate Building Monitoring and Control Systems (BMS/BAS) supporting critical infrastructure.
• Assess facility operations, maintenance practices, documentation, fire detection and suppression systems, equipment records, and security systems.
• Identify single points of failure and reliability risks, and recommend practical, cost-effective mitigation measures.
• Evaluate facilities and contribute to planning sessions and workshops; assist engineering and design colleagues with conceptual designs for infrastructure expansion or capacity changes.
• Evaluate redundancy and Tier requirements, critical loading for greenfield options, and rough-order-of-magnitude estimates for recommendations.
• Present findings and interact with customers at all levels, including senior client executives.
• Manage and participate in major project delivery as the client partner and project executive, overseeing project quality, client relationships, and forecast financial measures.
• Learn and use the group’s analytical tools and support their application in project delivery.
• Communicate professionally and persuasively in writing and presentations, and participate as an industry expert in symposiums, professional journals, and webinars.
• Travel as required for client and project work, including possible sustained travel periods.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package supporting well-being, professional development, and work-life balance.
• Position may be eligible for a bonus, overtime, or other forms of compensation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed