Data Centre Design & Infrastructure Strategy Engineer

Smart Information Management System; Singapore; On-site; SGD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Smart Information Management System is seeking a Data Centre Design & Infrastructure Strategy Engineer to shape how the bank’s data centres are designed, expanded and modernised across 30+ facilities in 12 countries. You will set standards, challenge existing architecture, and build costed options with the financial case for infrastructure investment.

You’ll work with network, hosting, sourcing and external engineers, and present recommendations to senior technology leadership to drive

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in data centre design or infrastructure strategy.
• Experience across multi-site regional roles.
• Strong grounding in data centre M&E: UPS, PDU, CRAC/AHU.
• Ability to build costed options and business cases.
• Negotiation experience with colocation providers.
• Familiarity with APAC regulatory requirements.
• Experience in regulated financial services environments.
• Certification such as CDCP or equivalent.
• Background in network architecture and facilities engineering.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the standard data centre design classification — what a site should look like based on its network architecture and purpose, including base provisioning per rack type, power density assumptions, and structured cabling standards
• Lead deep-dive assessments of existing sites covering power and cooling capacity, demand history, device footprint and rationalisation opportunities
• Commission and interpret engineering feasibility studies, and translate the findings into a clear recommendation
• Build costed option sets — reclaim existing footprint, add racks, or take new whitespace — with the capital, one-time and recurring cost impact of each
• Decide what goes into the rack: device placement, redundancy, pod versus legacy connectivity, cabling media, and uplink standards
• Question existing network and rack design where it no longer serves the business
• Negotiate power uplifts, containment modifications and cage expansion with colocation providers
• Manage engineering consultants and cabling vendors through survey, quotation and delivery

Skills

Data centre design

Infrastructure strategy

Network architecture literacy

Costed options & business cases

Vendor negotiation

Colocation management

Stakeholder presentation

DCIM tooling knowledge

Education

CDCP certification

Tools

DCIM platforms

Job description

About the role

The Data Centre Design & Infrastructure Strategy Engineer defines how the bank's data centres are designed, expanded and modernised. The role sets design standards, challenges existing architecture, builds costed options, and makes the financial case for infrastructure investment across more than 30 facilities in 12 countries. The role works closely with network architecture, hosting, sourcing, external engineering consultants and colocation providers, and presents recommendations directly to senior technology leadership.

Key responsibilities

• Define and maintain the standard data centre design classification — what a site should look like based on its network architecture and purpose, including base provisioning per rack type, power density assumptions, and structured cabling standards
• Lead deep-dive assessments of existing sites covering power and cooling capacity, demand history, device footprint and rationalisation opportunities
• Commission and interpret engineering feasibility studies, and translate the findings into a clear recommendation
• Build costed option sets — reclaim existing footprint, add racks, or take new whitespace — with the capital, one-time and recurring cost impact of each
• Decide what goes into the rack: device placement, redundancy, pod versus legacy connectivity, cabling media, and uplink standards
• Question existing network and rack design where it no longer serves the business
• Negotiate power uplifts, containment modifications and cage expansion with colocation providers
• Manage engineering consultants and cabling vendors through survey, quotation and delivery

About you

• Substantial experience in data centre design, engineering or infrastructure strategy, ideally in a multi-site regional role
• Strong grounding in data centre M&E: UPS, PDU, CRAC/AHU, cooling capacity, containment, three-phase power distribution
• Network architecture literacy — comfortable reading switch configurations, counting ports, and understanding spine/leaf and pod-based designs well enough to challenge them
• Proven ability to build costed options and business cases, and present them to senior stakeholders
• Track record negotiating with colocation providers, landlords and engineering consultants
• Familiarity with Uptime Institute Tier standards, ASHRAE thermal guidelines and local APAC regulatory requirements (desirable)
• Experience with DCIM tooling and capacity forecasting platforms (desirable)
• Exposure to regulated financial services environments (desirable)
• Relevant certification such as CDCP or equivalent (desirable)
• Background in network architecture and engineering, facilities engineering or infrastructure planning (preferred)