Data Center Deployment Lead Engineer

Computacenter AG & Co. oHG; Buffalo Grove (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Computacenter AG & Co. oHG seeks a Project Engineer to provide end-to-end technical leadership for customer deployments, from discovery through closure.

You will translate requirements into executable designs and act as the primary technical liaison among customers, project leadership, and engineering teams. You will lead discovery, design, validation, and on-site execution, ensuring design integrity and timely delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field or equivalent professional experience.
• Five+ years designing, configuring, implementing, or supporting enterprise technology environments.
• Experience translating customer requirements into detailed technical designs and supporting solutions through build, validation, and acceptance.
• Preferred CCNP/CCDP/JNCIP certifications in networking or related technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery to define and document customer requirements, constraints, dependencies, and acceptance criteria.
• Serve as the primary technical contact throughout deployment, translating requirements into executable designs.
• Communicate design decisions, risks, and trade-offs and drive resolution of technical issues.
• Develop and maintain solution designs, configuration specifications, Methods of Procedure (MOPs), field task trackers, implementation workbooks, rack designs, and related documentation.
• Maintain approved designs in the designated design and configuration-management platform, ensuring accuracy and alignment with customer requirements and engineering standards.
• Review the implementation approach and acceptance criteria with the customer, secure technical approval, and manage approved design changes.
• Provide technical direction to teams assembling, configuring, and testing customer solutions.
• Resolve design discrepancies and technical questions identified during build and integration.
• Participate in first-article builds, proofs of concept, and validation reviews as required.
• Review build records, configuration snapshots, and test results and approve completed configurations before release.
• Lead onsite technical execution as required, monitoring progress and communicating risks, issues, changes, and decisions to the customer and project leadership.
• Lead the final onsite walkthrough, validate completed work against approved requirements, and obtain customer technical sign-off.
• Document outstanding items and ensure final technical documentation reflects the delivered solution.
• Provide project leadership with timely visibility into technical status, risks, decisions, and recommendations.
• Provide technical input for changes or follow-on work within existing customer accounts.

Skills

Technical leadership

Requirements gathering

Solution design

Communication with stakeholders

Project delivery

Networking certifications

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering/IT/compsci

Job description

Computacenter AG & Co. oHG seeks a Project Engineer to provide end-to-end technical leadership for customer deployments, from discovery through closure.

You will translate requirements into executable designs and act as the primary technical liaison among customers, project leadership, and engineering teams. You will lead discovery, design, validation, and on-site execution, ensuring design integrity and timely delivery.