Data Center Program Architect

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in cololocation data center design and execution.
• Experience in mission critical facility design and construction.
  
• Experience in AutoCAD, REVIT/BIM, and Navisworks.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Knowledge of lean construction methodologies with large-scale construction experience.
  
• Knowledge of civil and structural engineering and multiple discipline team coordinations.
  
• Knowledge of International Building Code (IBC), fire, and life safety code.
  
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills, including frequent executive level presentations.
  

About the job

Our thirst for technology is a part of everything we do. The Data Center Engineering team takes the physical design of our data centers into the future. Our lab mirrors a research and development department -- cutting-edge strategies are born, tested and tested again. Along with a team of great minds, you take on complex topics like how we use power or how to run state-of-the-art, environmentally-friendly facilities. You're a visionary who optimizes for efficiencies and never stops seeking improvements -- even small changes that can make a huge impact. You generate ideas, communicate recommendations to senior-level executives and drive implementation alongside facilities technicians.

With your technical expertise, you ensure compliance with codes and standards, develop infrastructure improvements and serve as an expert in your specialty (e.g., cooling, electrical).

In this role, you will invent, design, and deliver the world’s leading compute infrastructure.

Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with internal groups and Architecture and Engineering firms to develop campus plans for all sites include expansion strategies while developing architectural methodologies for application to data centre development.
• Coordinate and develop design standards with cross-functional disciplines for programme delivery.
• Demonstrate a knowledge of the application of architectural, engineering principles to mission critical facilities in terms of constructability, cost effectiveness as applied to construction methods and materials.
• Coordinate with process controls, cost and document control team to manage all project documents during project life cycle.
• Review all conceptual designs for constructability, value engineering and cost with the internal and external teams.