Data Center Infrastructure Advisor (Freelance)

Loadwise; Berlin; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

Loadwise in Berlin is seeking a Data Center Infrastructure Advisor to work on the integration of data center infrastructure with energy markets. The role offers hybrid work flexibility and requires direct experience in live data centers.

The ideal candidate will have expertise in data center operations, customer engagement, and technical integration. Responsibilities include guiding engineering teams and participating in customer discussions to enhance trust and operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• Direct experience running/scaling live data center environments.
• Familiarity with facility management systems.
• Experience with power distribution, UPS, generators, cooling, redundancy.
• Understand how operations interact with uptime guarantees and SLAs.

Responsibilities

• Review product/integration decisions from an operator perspective.
• Guide engineering through vendor quirks, undocumented APIs.
• Participate in technical customer conversations to accelerate trust.
• Provide insights into product and commercial decisions.

Skills

Data Center Operations

Customer & SLA Perspective

Technical Breadth

Collaboration & Mindset

Job description

Berlin (Hybrid / On-site) | Freelance / Contract Basis | Loadwise.ai

About Loadwise

Data centers are rapidly growing electricity consumers, especially AI/HPC. Energy systems are more volatile with renewables. Loadwise connects data center infrastructure to energy markets and grid signals to optimize cost and carbon. The engagement incumbent tools were built for a stable grid; that grid is gone. We are building for volatility, flexibility demands, and AI-scale loads.

We seek a Data Center Infrastructure Advisor as the facility reality check for the platform—hands‑on experience in live facilities required. Typical engagement: ~3–5 days/month, flexible by phase.

What You’ll Work On

• Operational Grounding & Product Direction
  • Review product/integration decisions from an operator perspective
  • Define what “good” looks like for core integrations (cooling, power, automation)
  • Help prioritize features by operational impact and feasibility
• Integration Acceleration
  • Guide engineering through vendor quirks, undocumented APIs, and real‑world protocol behavior
  • Design integration pathways fitting operational and security constraints
  • Support early customer deployments and troubleshooting
• Customer & Partner Engagement
  • Participate in technical customer conversations to accelerate trust
  • Feed vendor ecosystem/operational insights into product and commercial decisions
• Example Problems
  • Should UPS systems ever be cycled for DR or optimization?
  • What telemetry is available from DCIM platforms (e.g., Schneider EcoStruxure, Vertiv)?
  • How to adjust SLAs to enable flexibility without compromising reliability?

What We’re Looking For

• Data Center Operations
  • Direct experience running/scaling live data center environments
  • Familiarity with facility management systems
  • Experience with power distribution, UPS, generators, cooling, redundancy
• Customer & SLA Perspective
  • Understand how operations interact with uptime guarantees and SLAs (colo, hyperscale/cloud, HPC research, vertically integrated compute)
• Technical Breadth
  • Read/reason about integration schematics, control sequences, system architectures
  • Comfortable in architecture discussions with software engineers
• Collaboration & Mindset
  • Explain operational realities clearly and challenge assumptions constructively
  • Curiosity about software making DC infrastructure more efficient and responsive

What We Offer

Flexible Engagement: freelance/fractional; open to day rate, contract, or project-based.