Data Center Architect

GlobalConnect; Taastrup; On-site; DKK 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

GlobalConnect is seeking a Senior Data Center Designer in Taastrup, Denmark. This role involves taking technical ownership of data center projects, including design and oversight of power and cooling systems. Candidates should have hands-on experience within mission-critical environments and a strong grasp of system architecture. The position requires collaboration with various teams across different countries, acting as a trusted advisor on technical solutions. Applicants must be based in Denmark and have lived in the EU or NATO countries for the past 7 years.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with data center infrastructure or other mission-critical environments.
• Strong understanding of cooling systems and power infrastructure in mission-critical environments.
• Proven hands-on experience with system architecture and integration.

Responsibilities

• Act as technical authority within large data center projects.
• Own and challenge system-level design decisions.
• Review layouts and technical requirements.

Skills

Data center infrastructure experience

Understanding of cooling systems

Experience with alarm and monitoring systems

Ability to interpret engineering drawings

Fluency in English

Job description

Introduction

Do you want to take senior hands‑on technical ownership of how mission‑critical data centers are designed, expanded, and handed over for operation? GlobalConnect is expanding data center capacity across the Nordics and Northern Europe. To support this growth, we are strengthening our Large Projects organization with a Data Center Designer based in Taastrup. This is a senior specialist role at our highest specialist level. You will act as a technical authority across large data center projects, influence design direction, challenge key technical decisions, and help shape more consistent ways of working across countries. The role is a hands‑on role. You will work directly with layouts, power and cooling concepts, system architecture, technical documentation, supplier designs, commissioning readiness, and operational handover. This is not a technician or installation role, but you should enjoy getting close to the technical solution and being present in the data center environment.

Qualifications

• Hands‑on experience with data center infrastructure or other mission‑critical environments, such as energy, pharma, industrial facilities, or similar
• Strong understanding of cooling systems and power infrastructure in mission‑critical environments
• Proven hands‑on experience with alarm and monitoring systems, including system architecture and integration with critical infrastructure such as power, cooling, and security
• Ability to interpret, review, and challenge engineering drawings, technical documentation, specifications, supplier designs, and system architecture choices
• Fluent English. Danish or another Nordic language is an advantage

Team & Role

You will join a small, senior, and specialized team working across Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Germany. The team works closely across borders and is building a more consistent pan‑Nordic approach to data center design, expansion, and operational readiness. In Denmark, this role closes an important capability gap. You will bring deep technical design expertise into a setup that already has strong project management capability. You will work closely with Project Managers, Sales, Procurement, external consultants, vendors, customers, and Operations. A key part of the role is to act as a trusted technical advisor. You will help translate customer needs into technically sound solutions, challenge assumptions when needed, and ensure that design choices support long‑term reliability, scalability, security, and maintainability.

Responsibilities

• Act as technical authority within large data center projects, from early concept through commissioning, acceptance, and handover
• Own and challenge system‑level design decisions across power, cooling, controls, alarm and monitoring systems, security, and building interfaces
• Review layouts, airflow concepts, cooling capacity assumptions, power distribution principles, single‑line diagrams, and supplier designs
• Develop and review technical requirements, specifications, scopes of supply, risk assessments, and design documentation
• Support FATs, site inspections, commissioning activities, acceptance testing, and operational handover
• Strengthen standardisation, repeatable technical solutions, and design quality across projects and countries

Practical Information

This role is based in Taastrup, Denmark, and requires strong on‑site presence in the data center environment. We are only open to applicants already based in Denmark. Due to security clearance requirements, you must be able to document that you have lived and worked in an EU or NATO country for the past 7 years and we are not able to offer work visa support or sponsorship for this role.