Sr. Principal IT Infrastructure & Facilities Design Engineer

MKS Instruments

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Principal IT Infrastructure & Facilities Design Engineer at MKS Inc., is a highly senior technical leader responsible for the end‑to‑end architecture, design, and integration of enterprise IT infrastructure and the physical facilities that support it. This role bridges IT, data center engineering, facilities, and real estate, ensuring that infrastructure solutions are scalable, resilient, secure, energy‑efficient, and aligned with long‑term business strategies. This posting is for a conversion opportunity for a pre-identified independent consultant currently working at MKS.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
12+ years of progressive experience in IT Infrastructure, data center engineering, or facilities design
Power, cooling and space planning
High-availability and resiliency design
Enterprise network, systems and storage design
Application design requirements aligned with infrastructure and facilities capabilities

Nice To Haves

Must be able to communicate information and ideas so others will understand
Must be able to exchange accurate information

Responsibilities

Lead the design and engineering of IT Infrastructure and supporting facilities, including data centers, network rooms, labs, manufacturing sites and critical environments
Owning the enterprise IT Infrastructure architecture and continuously improving designs based on industry standards, emerging threats, and organizational needs
Partner with IT Operations, network engineering, cloud, security, facilities, real estate and finance teams
Develop reference architectures, design standards, and engineering guidelines for global deployment
Identify and mitigate technical, operational, and environmental risks
Mentor senior and principal-level architects and engineers across infrastructure and facilities disciplines