Data Center Engineer – Tier Specialist

About the role

The Data Center Engineer provides specialist technical oversight for mission‑critical data centre systems, ensuring they meet Tier III/IV classifications, resilience goals and international standards. You will work across electrical, mechanical, ICT, fire safety and security disciplines to guarantee robust, fault‑tolerant infrastructure.

Key responsibilities

• Review data centre designs at concept, detailed design and construction stages.
• Provide specialist oversight of power distribution, UPS, standby generators, cooling, BMS, EPMS and DCIM integration.
• Verify system capacity, equipment sizing, redundancy configurations and sequences of operation.
• Assess Tier III and Tier IV designs for concurrent maintainability and fault tolerance.
• Identify design gaps, operational risks and single points of failure.
• Ensure compliance with Uptime Institute Tier Standards, ANSI/TIA‑942 and ANSI/BICSI 002.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering interfaces and resolve design issues.
• Review technical specifications, drawings, calculations, equipment schedules and contractor submissions.
• Evaluate commissioning plans, testing procedures and integrated systems testing scripts.
• Participate in functional performance testing and verify corrective actions.
• Support Tier certification, technical due diligence, tender evaluations and project proposals.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Data Centre Engineering or related field.
• Uptime Institute Accredited Tier Specialist (ATS) – mandatory.
• Certified Data Centre Professional (CDCP).
• Minimum 20 years of relevant engineering experience, including at least 5 years dedicated to data centre projects.
• Experience on at least two hyperscale or enterprise data centres larger than 10 MW.
• Proven experience reviewing Tier III/IV designs and commissioning mission‑critical facilities.

Required skills

• Uptime Institute Accredited Tier Specialist (ATS)
• Certified Data Centre Professional (CDCP)
• Knowledge of Uptime Institute Tier Standards, ANSI/TIA‑942, ANSI/BICSI 002
• DCIM, BMS, EPMS integration
• Power distribution, UPS, standby generators, cooling systems
• Electrical and mechanical infrastructure for mission‑critical facilities
• Commissioning and integrated systems testing