Amid the lingering COVID-19 pandemic crisis, the data center industry continues to boom, creating new data center job openings grow as we approach the fall season of a tumultuous year. This month we are highlighting new data center jobs in Northern Virginia, Salt Lake City, Denver and more.
See below for some of the top new job opportunities in data centers for September 2020. First up, review new Data Center Alley opportunities:
Data Center Site Operations Director
Ashburn, Va.
This firm provides reliability of mission-critical facilities for many of the world’s largest organizations, and is looking for an experienced Data Center Facility Operations Director to support a major critical data center. This position requires 10-15 years of data center facility operations and maintenance experience, plus five years leadership experience in data center facility operations.
Mechanical Commissioning Engineer
Ashburn, Va.
This opportunity is with a firm that provides commissioning, consulting and management expertise in the data center and mission critical facilities space. The new hire will adhere to a thorough quality management process and procedures that validate and document the firm’s systems, and participate in daily commissioning activity meetings which services include equipment pre-start-up and start-up procedures, development of standard operating procedures and more. Five to ten years of experience in the mechanical or HVAC field are required, and a Bachelor’s and Associates degree as a mechanical engineer is a plus for consideration for the position.
Assistant Data Center Construction Manager
Reston, Va.
If you are in the market for an opportunity with a leading mission-critical data center developer/wholesaler/colo provider in Northern Virginia, listen up. This company is looking for a Data Center Construction Project Manager to support critical facility construction projects. The candidate will have overall responsibility for the delivery of assigned projects on budget on time and assurance that the project scope and quality meet company design standards and the objectives set for the project. Requirements include experience managing data center construction projects as an owner or as a general contractor, and a minimum or two to five years of relevant experience in the data center construction industry.
Safety Director — Critical Facilities
Sterling, Va.
This firm provides data center solutions custom-fit to the requirements of their client’s mission-critical operational facilities. They provide reliability of mission-critical facilities for many of the world’s largest organizations. This position’s responsibilities include implementing health and safety standards and principles, policies, and practices including but not limited to; safety management systems, training, risk assessments, assist with industrial hygiene assessments, and applicable safety regulations. Requirements include a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental, Health and Safety or a related in science/engineering discipline, and a minimum of seven or more years of related experience.
A data center hall inside the Iron Mountain data center in Denver. (Photo: Iron Mountain/FORTRUST)
Data Center Facility Engineer
San Antonio, Texas
This firm is looking for a Data Center Engineer to support a critical data center, who will be responsible for monitoring compliance with contractual commitments, directing technical and administrative tasks related to the operation of the critical facility infrastructure and assuring compliance with company’s policies and procedures. This position requires five years or more of relevant experience, including data center operations.
Account Executive — Data Center Solutions
Denver, Colo.
This Colorado opportunity is with a company that provides critical facilities solutions geared toward cooling and mechanical engineering solutions and installations that are custom-fit to the requirements of their client’s mission-critical facilities. The firm is looking for a Senior Sales Associate to join their team, supporting the Denver region, and to pursue sales opportunities that are data center construction based, with five to 15 years of relevant HVAC construction sales experience.
Data Center Sales Associate
Secaucus, N.J.
This opportunity is with a leading provider of mission-critical solutions in Northern New Jersey, that is in search of a Senior Sales Associate to join their team. The ideal candidate will possess contacts and an established rolodex of contacts in the mission critical data center and facilities marketplace with five to 15 years of experience, as well. The Sales Associate will also be responsible for preparing proposals, presentations, and briefings, and expected to establish positive relationships with existing business partners in hopes to generate additional business.
Further data center job openings can be found daily on the Data Center Frontier jobs board.
Electrical Superintendent – Data Center Construction
Malta, Ill.
Are you interested in working for a firm that provides a complete lifecycle of solutions that are custom-fit to the requirements of their client’s mission-critical facilities? If so, this firm is looking for an Electrical Superintendent for Data Center Construction that will be responsible for field activities associated with the project, primarily supervision of all field construction work by electrical subcontractors and self-performed work. This position requires eight or more years of data center and critical facilities MEP Construction experience.
Data Center Facility Technician
Gainesville, Fl.
This opportunity is with a leading mission-critical data center managed services provider in the government sector, who is looking for a Data Center Engineer to support a critical data center. The new engineer will be responsible for monitoring compliance with contractual commitments, directing technical and administrative tasks related to the operation of the critical facility infrastructure and assuring compliance with company’s policies and procedures. This position requires five or more years of relevant experience.
Lead Electrical Commissioning Engineer
New York, N.Y.
This position is with a leader in the critical facilities assessment and commissioning services in the U.S. The new lead electrical commissioning engineer will manage daily commissioning activity meetings which services include, equipment pre-start-up and start-up procedures, development of standard operating procedures (SOP’s) and Methods of Procedures (MOPs), comprehensive commissioning documentation, preparing commissioning test procedures and reports and more. This position requires 10 to 15 or more years of experience in the electrical field. A Bachelor’s or Associates degree as an Electrical Engineer is a plus for this position.
MEP Commissioning Manager
Salt Lake City, Utah
This new hire will manage a commissioning team, plus provide oversight of multiple projects, plans, provide and gather specifications, and execute assignments in a multidisciplinary commissioning role for large data centers. The chosen candidate will manage full team of commissioning engineers and project managers on a wide range of data center CxA projects. 10 or more years of experience in the electrical and mechanical commissioning field is required.
Stay tuned to the Data Center Frontier jobs board, powered by Pkaza Critical Facilities Recruiting, for your next opportunity.
Data Center Frontier is edited by Rich Miller, the data center industry’s most experienced journalist. For more than 20 years, Rich has profiled the key role played by data centers in the Internet revolution.