Senior Data Center Consultant

Ramboll • Charlotte, VA

2d • Remote

About The Position

EYP Mission Critical Facilities, part of Ramboll Americas Engineering, provides data center consulting, strategy, design, and commissioning services. The Consulting group develops data center strategies that address clients’ future goals, including IT and network architecture, and recommends sourcing solutions using existing facilities, colocation, cloud services, or new construction. Its work includes developing data center topology, reliability and redundancy needs, and financial analyses, as well as assessments for investors considering data center acquisitions or development.

The Senior Data Center Consultant supports data center infrastructure analysis for strategy and due diligence projects, providing expertise across electrical systems, mechanical systems, facility operations, and conceptual master planning. The role requires technical judgment, leadership, project and client management, and the ability to communicate findings and recommendations to clients and senior executives. The consultant is expected to manage projects, quality, client relationships, and forecast financial measures; participate in project delivery; and learn and use the group’s analytic tools.

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. The position may be eligible for bonus, overtime, or other compensation. The anticipated base salary range is $125,000–$155,000 per year, with actual compensation varying according to location and other factors.

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 (such as N, N+1, and 2N), 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, electrical distribution equipment, and controls.
• Experience collecting, analyzing, and interpreting electrical infrastructure operational data 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 in energized or critical-infrastructure environments.
• Ability to interpret mechanical one-line drawings and evaluate mission-critical HVAC infrastructure, from central cooling plants through CRAC/CRAH systems, including redundancy and system load capacity.
• Ability to assess mechanical infrastructure condition, operation, and maintenance, 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 provide practical recommendations.
• Ability to collect, interpret, and analyze mechanical equipment operating 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, reliability principles such as MTBF, MTTR, availability, and maintainability, and safe work practices.
• Ability to develop operations staffing plans and evaluate BMS/BAS, maintenance practices, documentation, maintenance management, change management, and security systems.
• Knowledge of mission-critical systems including 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.
• Understanding of redundancy requirements and Tier levels, and ability to evaluate facility critical loading requirements for greenfield options.
• Ability to provide ROM estimates with approximately ±30% accuracy and present findings to customers at all levels.
• Ability to manage and participate in major project delivery, serve as a client partner and project executive, and manage project quality, client relationships, and forecast financial measures.
• Strong professional verbal, written, presentation, and computer skills, including use of Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to communicate technical findings clearly and persuasively to clients, including senior executives, and to follow written and verbal instructions.
• Ability to work from a home office and travel as required; travel averages 25%–50% and can include sustained periods, particularly for global projects.

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 from an accredited college or university; an engineering or computer science degree is a plus.
• Ability to pass a background check prior to an offer letter.
• U.S. passport and ability to travel internationally.

Responsibilities

• Analyze data center infrastructure as part of strategy development and due diligence projects.
• Evaluate electrical distribution systems, redundancy, reliability, capacity, operating condition, maintenance effectiveness, performance, energy efficiency, and compliance; identify single points of failure and recommend risk mitigation.
• Evaluate mechanical and HVAC systems, including cooling capacity, redundancy, condition, maintenance, reliability, and energy performance; identify risks and recommend resilience, maintainability, and efficiency improvements.
• 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 mechanical and electrical infrastructure.
• Assess facility condition, maintenance practices, documentation, fire detection and suppression systems, raised-floor environments, and critical equipment records.
• Evaluate maintenance management, change management, and security processes for reliability, compliance, and best practices.
• Identify infrastructure reliability risks and develop practical, cost-effective recommendations to improve data center availability.
• Contribute to facility planning sessions and workshops and assist engineering and design colleagues with conceptual infrastructure expansion or capacity-change designs.
• Evaluate critical loading requirements for greenfield data center options and provide rough order of magnitude estimates (±30%) for recommendations.
• Present findings and interact with customers at all levels; communicate technical findings and recommendations to client executives.
• Act as client partner and project executive for developed projects, managing project delivery, quality, client relationships, and forecast financial measures.
• Participate in project delivery, learn and use the group’s analytic tools, and support their use as required.
• Communicate professionally and persuasively in writing and presentations, including to client CIOs, CFOs, COOs, and other senior leaders.
• Participate as an industry expert in symposiums, professional journals, and webinars.
• Travel as required, averaging 25%–50%, with possible periods of sustained travel for global projects.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

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