Senior Systems Architect (Data Center)
About The Position
Eaton's Global Data Center Segment is a rapidly growing and strategic business focused on powering the digital economy. As cloud computing, AI, and high-density compute environments expand, data centers require enhanced performance, resilience, sustainability, and speed. Eaton offers a comprehensive suite of solutions including power, cooling, software, services, and infrastructure to help customers build scalable, integrated data center architectures for current and future needs. This role is for a Senior Systems Architect (Data Centers) within the Data Center Architecture Team, based remotely in the United States. The position involves defining and driving the architecture of the data center IT Module (white space), encompassing high-density power distribution, cooling integration, rack infrastructure, modular deployment strategies, and pod-level system design. The role acts as the primary systems integrator for white space components, ensuring the creation of scalable, repeatable, and optimized designs for rapid compute capacity deployment in hyperscale, colocation, enterprise, and next-generation AI data centers. The Senior Systems Architect will also contribute to developing end-to-end reference architectures and collaborate with customers to shape future data center solutions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical discipline.
- Minimum 10 years of experience within the data center industry.
- Experience spanning multiple data center domains.
- Proven experience leading large-scale, mission-critical power architectures from concept through deployment.
- Medium-voltage and low-voltage electrical distribution experience.
- UPS systems experience.
- Energy storage experience.
- Power electronics experience.
- AC and DC power architectures experience.
- Protective coordination experience.
- Switchgear and busway systems experience.
- Knowledge of emerging high-voltage DC architectures and future power distribution technologies.
- Strong customer-facing experience working with enterprise or hyperscale data center operators.
Responsibilities
- Define and drive the architecture of the data center IT Module (white space), including high-density power distribution, cooling integration, rack infrastructure, modular deployment strategies, and pod-level system design.
- Serve as the primary systems integrator across white space components, ensuring scalable, repeatable, and optimized designs.
- Enable rapid deployment of compute capacity for hyperscale, colocation, enterprise, and next-generation AI data centers.
- Develop end-to-end reference architectures.
- Collaborate directly with customers to shape future data center solutions.
- Communicate complex technical concepts to executive, engineering, and operational audiences.
- Lead cross-functional teams in matrixed organizations.
- Mentor engineers and influence technical direction.
- Incorporate customer requirements into product roadmaps and solution architectures.
- Develop white papers, technical publications, and thought leadership content.
- Apply Lean, Six Sigma, or DMAIC methodologies.
- Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, and traditional project management methodologies.
Benefits
- Competitive pay
- Variable incentive program
- Health and Welfare benefits
- Retirement benefits
- Programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
