Senior Data Center Architecture & Solutions Lead

CHINA INTERNATIONAL DEVOLOPMENT CORPORATION LIMITED; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

CHINA INTERNATIONAL DEVOLOPMENT CORPORATION LIMITED is seeking a senior Data Center Architect to lead the technical design for prefabricated data center projects in Hong Kong. You will translate customer needs into complete, buildable solutions and guide architecture across load, power, cooling, ELV and fire protection domains.

You will review site inputs, define design basis, drive capacity planning and ensure cross-discipline consistency; travel for overseas projects may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above in Electrical Engineering, Building Environment and Energy Engineering, HVAC, Architecture, Automation or a related discipline, with deep expertise in one discipline and the ability to integrate across disciplines.
• 10+ years in data centers or critical infrastructure engineering, including 5+ years in data center design/architecture/leadership.
• Full lifecycle project experience from master planning through handover with operations understanding.
• Experience leading multi-discipline solution design and technical reviews; overseas projects or high-density cooling preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical lead in the pre-sales phase, owning overall technical support and solution architecture for prefabricated data center projects.
• Review site, utility power, water, IT configuration, construction standards and phasing inputs; define design basis, assumptions and supply scope boundaries.
• Lead conceptual architecture design for capacity planning, site layout and module arrangement, power distribution and UPS, diesel generation, cooling (including liquid cooling), ELV and fire protection; drive load, capacity and redundancy verification.
• Evaluate single-equipment failure, maintenance and phased-expansion scenarios, balancing reliability, maintainability and cost to recommend the optimal architecture.
• Coordinate with structural, electrical, HVAC, plumbing, fire protection and ELV disciplines to deliver the integrated solution; align cross-discipline design inputs and interfaces, owning overall completeness and technical consistency.
• Produce design narratives, system architecture diagrams, equipment specifications, key equipment lists and technical scope documents to support cost and schedule evaluation.
• Lead design workshops, architecture presentations and in-depth technical Q&A with owners, developers, end users and consultant teams; own tender technical responses, deviation tables and technical contract appendices, identifying technical risks and commitment boundaries.
• Hand over design basis, architecture and open interface items to detailed design and delivery teams; build architecture templates, verification methods and technical knowledge bases; track high-density and liquid-cooling technology developments and mentor the pre-sales team.

Skills

Technical leadership

Solution architecture

Cross-discipline coordination

Readiness in design reviews

English communication

Client communications

Load & capacity analysis

Power distribution & UPS

Cooling systems (liquid cooling)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline

Tools

CAD

BIM coordination

Job description

CHINA INTERNATIONAL DEVOLOPMENT CORPORATION LIMITED is seeking a senior Data Center Architect to lead the technical design for prefabricated data center projects in Hong Kong. You will translate customer needs into complete, buildable solutions and guide architecture across load, power, cooling, ELV and fire protection domains.

You will review site inputs, define design basis, drive capacity planning and ensure cross-discipline consistency; travel for overseas projects may be required.