Data Center Design Engineer

TEKsystems; Chandler (AZ); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision

401(k) retirement plan

Life Insurance

Job summary

TEKsystems in Chandler, AZ is seeking an experienced Data Center Infrastructure Design Engineer on a 12- to 24-month contract. This hybrid role requires designing electrical and mechanical infrastructure, capacity planning, and modernization projects for mission-critical data centers.

You will review engineering designs, develop long-term power and cooling strategies, support expansions, and collaborate with facilities, utilities, and vendors throughout project lifecycles.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and optimizing critical electrical and mechanical infrastructure.
• Develop long-term power, cooling, and space capacity plans.
• Review engineering drawings, design packages, and technical documentation.
• Support data center expansion, retrofit, and modernization initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Design and optimize mission-critical electrical and mechanical infrastructure supporting data center operations.
• Develop long-term power, cooling, and space capacity plans to support future growth and infrastructure demand.
• Support data center expansion, upgrade, retrofit, and modernization initiatives.
• Evaluate and improve infrastructure resiliency, redundancy, and operational efficiency.
• Design and support liquid cooling solutions and associated piping and cooling infrastructure within data center environments.
• Review engineering drawings, design packages, one-line diagrams, specifications, and technical documentation.
• Perform infrastructure analysis to identify risks, constraints, and opportunities for optimization.
• Support commissioning, integrated systems testing, and infrastructure validation efforts.
• Conduct root cause analysis of critical infrastructure issues and develop corrective engineering solutions.
• Partner with facilities engineering, construction teams, utilities, vendors, commissioning teams, and critical systems stakeholders throughout project lifecycles.
• Utilize operational data, telemetry, and engineering metrics to improve infrastructure performance, reliability, and efficiency.

Skills

Data center

Data center Migration

Infrastructure

Cooling systems

Job description

Chandler, AZ

Hybrid (3 Days in 2 Days remote)

12-24 Month Contract

Description

We are seeking experienced Data Center Infrastructure Design Engineers to support the design, optimization, expansion, and long-term capacity planning of mission-critical data center environments. This role focuses on the physical infrastructure that powers and cools the data center, including electrical distribution systems, mechanical cooling systems, capacity planning, resiliency engineering, liquid cooling initiatives, and infrastructure modernization projects.

The ideal candidate will have experience designing and optimizing critical electrical and mechanical infrastructure, developing long-term capacity strategies, reviewing engineering designs, and supporting next-generation data center deployments. This is not an IT operations role. We are seeking engineers who design and plan the infrastructure behind the data center, not engineers whose primary responsibility is supporting servers, storage, networking, or cloud platforms.

• Design and optimize mission-critical electrical and mechanical infrastructure supporting data center operations.
• Develop long-term power, cooling, and space capacity plans to support future growth and infrastructure demand.
• Support data center expansion, upgrade, retrofit, and modernization initiatives.
• Evaluate and improve infrastructure resiliency, redundancy, and operational efficiency.
• Design and support liquid cooling solutions and associated piping and cooling infrastructure within data center environments.
• Review engineering drawings, design packages, one-line diagrams, specifications, and technical documentation.
• Perform infrastructure analysis to identify risks, constraints, and opportunities for optimization.
• Support commissioning, integrated systems testing, and infrastructure validation efforts.
• Conduct root cause analysis of critical infrastructure issues and develop corrective engineering solutions.
• Partner with facilities engineering, construction teams, utilities, vendors, commissioning teams, and critical systems stakeholders throughout project lifecycles.
• Utilize operational data, telemetry, and engineering metrics to improve infrastructure performance, reliability, and efficiency.

Skills

• Data center
• Data center Migration
• Infrastructure
• Cooling systems

Experience Level

Expert Level

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Chandler, AZ.

Pay And Benefits

The pay range for this position is $60.53 - $60.53/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post‑tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long‑term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) Workplace Type This is a hybrid position in Chandler,AZ. Application Deadline This position is anticipated to close on Aug 28, 2026.

About TEKsystems

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real‑world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

About TEKsystems And TEKsystems Global Services

We’re a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We’re strategic thinkers, hands‑on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We’re building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance:

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector:

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Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI):

We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.