Senior Data Center Consultant

Ramboll • Boston, VA

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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 mission-critical infrastructure across electrical, mechanical, operations, and conceptual master-planning areas. The role helps clients determine data center sourcing strategies involving existing facilities, colocation, cloud services, or new facilities, and evaluates topology, redundancy, reliability, capacity, and financial considerations. The work also includes assessments for investors considering data center acquisitions or development.

The successful candidate provides technical leadership, contributes to major project delivery, and serves as a client partner and project executive for projects they develop. Responsibilities include managing project quality, client relationships, and forecast financial measures; participating in project delivery and learning and using the group’s analytical tools; and communicating findings to senior client leaders. The consultant is also expected to contribute as an industry expert through symposiums, professional journals, and webinars.

Team members generally work from a home office and travel as required. Travel may average 25%–50%, with periods of sustained travel possible, particularly for global projects. The anticipated base salary range is $125,000–$155,000 per year. The position may also be eligible for bonus, overtime, or other compensation and includes a comprehensive benefits package.

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, and identification of single points of failure with practical risk mitigation strategies.
• Ability to assess the condition, operation, and maintenance effectiveness of critical power infrastructure and associated 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 HVAC infrastructure, redundancy, and system load capacity.
• Ability to assess mechanical infrastructure, including chillers, cooling towers, heat rejection systems, pumps, valves, piping, thermal storage, controls, and instrumentation.
• Ability to analyze mechanical system designs for components, single points of failure, reliability risks, and energy optimization opportunities.
• Ability to analyze mechanical operational data and perform engineering calculations related to cooling capacity, power, kVA, power factor, and energy performance.
• Knowledge of mission-critical mechanical system best practices, redundancy classifications, and reliability principles including MTBF, MTTR, availability, and maintainability.
• Ability to develop maintenance staffing plans and define technical skill requirements for mission-critical facility operations.
• Ability to operate and evaluate Building Monitoring and Control Systems (BMS/BAS) supporting critical mechanical and electrical infrastructure.
• Ability to assess maintenance practices and documentation for mission-critical infrastructure, raised-floor environments, fire detection and suppression systems, and critical equipment records.
• Ability to evaluate maintenance management, change management, and security processes for reliability, compliance, and best practices.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Emergency Power Off (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 evaluate facilities and critical loading requirements, understand redundancy requirements and Tier levels, and provide rough order of magnitude estimates with approximately +/- 30% accuracy.
• Strong communication, presentation, writing, and computer skills, including ability to use Microsoft Office applications and prepare technical reports.
• Ability to serve as a confident, customer-facing subject matter expert and communicate technical findings and recommendations clearly.
• Ability to manage projects, client relationships, project quality, and forecast financial measures.
• Ability to follow written and verbal instructions.
• Ability to pass a background check prior to offer letter.
• Willingness to travel as required; travel may average 25%–50% and may include sustained periods of travel.

Nice To Haves

• Applicable data center professional certifications.
• 10 years or more of data center operational experience in privately owned or colocation facilities.
• BA/BS 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 as part of strategy development and due diligence projects.
• Interpret electrical one-line diagrams and evaluate mission-critical electrical distribution systems, capacity, reliability, condition, maintenance, performance, and energy efficiency.
• Evaluate mechanical infrastructure, including cooling systems, equipment condition, capacity, reliability, maintenance, and energy performance.
• Collect, interpret, and analyze operational data from electrical and mechanical infrastructure and perform relevant engineering calculations.
• Evaluate building monitoring and control systems and assess operational processes, maintenance practices, documentation, change management, and security systems.
• Identify single points of failure and infrastructure reliability risks, and develop practical, cost-effective mitigation recommendations.
• Develop maintenance staffing plans and define technical skill requirements for mission-critical facility operations.
• Evaluate facilities and contribute to planning sessions and workshops.
• Work with engineering and design colleagues to develop conceptual designs for infrastructure expansion or capacity changes.
• Evaluate critical loading requirements for greenfield data center options and provide rough order of magnitude estimates for recommendations.
• Present findings and interact with customers at all levels.
• Manage and participate in major project delivery, serving as client partner and project executive for projects developed.
• Manage project quality, client relationships, and forecast financial measures, and participate in project delivery using the group’s analytical tools.
• Communicate professionally, effectively, and persuasively with client executives and other senior stakeholders in verbal and written form.
• Participate as an industry expert in symposiums, professional journals, and webinars.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package supporting well-being, professional development, and work-life balance.
• Flexibility in where, when, and how much employees work.
• The position may be eligible for bonus, overtime, or other forms of compensation.

What This Job Offers

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