Data Center Deployment Lead Engineer

Computacenter AG & Co. oHG; Livermore (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Computacenter is seeking a Project Engineer in the United States to provide end-to-end technical leadership for customer deployments, from requirements discovery through build, validation, and closure. You will translate customer needs into executable designs and serve as the technical contact through the deployment lifecycle.

The role emphasizes hands-on data center infrastructure, rack builds, and physical architecture, working with cross-functional teams and traveling for deployments as

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• 5+ years of experience designing, configuring, implementing, or supporting enterprise technology environments.
• Meaningful experience supporting enterprise, colocation, hyperscale, or similar data center environments.
• Demonstrated rack-build and physical data center architecture experience.
• Experience translating customer requirements into detailed technical designs and supporting solutions through build, validation, and acceptance.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery to gather, validate, and document customer requirements, constraints, dependencies, and acceptance criteria.
• Translate customer requirements into detailed, executable technical designs and serve as a primary technical contact throughout the deployment lifecycle.
• Develop and maintain solution designs and engineering documentation, including rack designs/elevations, BOMs, cabling matrices, patch schedules, network diagrams, implementation workbooks, configuration specifications, and related technical documentation.
• Apply strong knowledge of physical data center architecture, rack builds, rack integration, structured cabling, fiber/copper connectivity, equipment placement, cable routing, patching, port mappings, cross-connects, labeling, power, and grounding.
• Provide technical direction and support to teams assembling, configuring, integrating, and testing customer solutions.
• Review completed rack builds, configurations, test results, and technical deliverables against approved designs.
• Participate in First Article Builds (FABs), Proofs of Concept (POCs), validation reviews, and other technical checkpoints as required.
• Identify and resolve design discrepancies, omissions, integration issues, and technical questions discovered during build and deployment.
• Lead technical closure by validating completed work against approved requirements and acceptance criteria, obtaining technical signoff where required, and ensuring final documentation accurately reflects the delivered solution.
• Communicate technical status, risks, dependencies, decisions, and recommendations to customers and project leadership.
• Partner closely with Project Managers, Program Managers, Field Engineering, Integration Centers, consultants, vendors, and customer technical teams throughout delivery.
• Lead technical contributors through influence, establishing direction and driving accountability without direct reporting authority.

Skills

rack builds

data center architecture

requirements gathering

technical leadership

customer-facing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

Visio

AutoCAD

Revit

Smartsheet

MS Project

Job description

Computacenter is seeking a Project Engineer in the United States to provide end-to-end technical leadership for customer deployments, from requirements discovery through build, validation, and closure. You will translate customer needs into executable designs and serve as the technical contact through the deployment lifecycle.

The role emphasizes hands-on data center infrastructure, rack builds, and physical architecture, working with cross-functional teams and traveling for deployments as