Senior Delivery Engineer - Data Centre Systems

Global Switch; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Switch in Amsterdam, Netherlands, is seeking a Principal Delivery Engineer to shape and deliver the technical vision for capital projects across multiple campuses. You will provide expert technical leadership, coordinate across sites, and ensure design solutions are robust, compliant, and aligned with operational needs.

You will guide multidisciplinary teams, drive standards, governance, and best practice, and collaborate with Engineering Managers, Directors, and site operations to

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of data centre systems and engineering principles.
• Provide expert advice and hands-on support to project and site teams.
• Prioritise tasks and manage workloads efficiently under leadership.
• Embed sustainability into project delivery.
• Lead end-to-end technical design across external partners.
• Support planning and budgeting of capital projects.
• Evaluate technical risks and mitigations.

Responsibilities

• Define comprehensive technical specifications and project briefs, ensuring clarity and alignment with objectives and standards.
• Oversee integration of multidisciplinary design elements to meet codes and standards.
• Assess design proposals for robustness, scalability, and cost efficiency; identify resilience improvements.
• Detect and resolve infrastructure deficiencies; implement corrective actions.
• Evaluate critical systems to identify vulnerabilities and mitigate failures.
• Maintain risk registers and manage design-related risks throughout the lifecycle.
• Develop and implement contingency strategies for delays; ensure timely recovery.
• Coordinate with external partners to ensure innovative, compliant solutions.
• Analyze design options for long-term maintenance implications to inform decisions.

Skills

Data centre engineering

Technical leadership

Cross-site delivery

Risk assessment

Job description

Global Switch in Amsterdam, Netherlands, is seeking a Principal Delivery Engineer to shape and deliver the technical vision for capital projects across multiple campuses. You will provide expert technical leadership, coordinate across sites, and ensure design solutions are robust, compliant, and aligned with operational needs.

You will guide multidisciplinary teams, drive standards, governance, and best practice, and collaborate with Engineering Managers, Directors, and site operations to