Data Center Facilities Design & Assessment Lead

Socket.dev; Missouri; On-site; USD 95,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking an experienced Manager, DC Facilities: Assess, Engineer & Design to lead data centre facilities assessments, engineering design, and rationalisation programmes for large enterprise clients.

You will bridge physical and IT infrastructure, translating engineering depth into actionable facility plans and roadmaps that support informed, financially grounded decisions about the facilities estate.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate’s Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience)
• Hands-on depth across power, cooling, white-space, and cabling disciplines
• Experience with data centre consolidation, exit, or migration programmes
• Data centre sustainability metrics experience: PUE, energy efficiency baselines
• Experience with CAD or data centre design tools (AutoCAD, Revit, DCIM) preferred

Responsibilities

• Conduct data centre facilities assessments — evaluating power infrastructure, cooling systems, white-space utilisation, cabling, physical security, and overall facility condition against current standards and client requirements
• Design and engineer power and cooling solutions — UPS topology, PDU configuration, generator capacity, CRAC/CRAH, and in-row cooling layouts
• Develop white-space and cabling designs — rack layouts, cable pathways, structured cabling specs, capacity models
• Lead consolidation and exit planning — sequencing decommissioning, equipment disposition, and physical migration
• Develop sustainability plans — assessing PUE, carbon footprint, and energy efficiency, with roadmaps aligned to targets
• Produce technical documentation and client deliverables — assessment reports, engineering design packages, and as-built documentation

Skills

Power Engineering

Cooling & Thermal

White-Space & Cabling

Consolidation & Exit

Sustainability

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

CAD

Revit

DCIM platforms

Nlyte

Sunbird

Vertiv

Job description

Accenture is seeking an experienced Manager, DC Facilities: Assess, Engineer & Design to lead data centre facilities assessments, engineering design, and rationalisation programmes for large enterprise clients.

You will bridge physical and IT infrastructure, translating engineering depth into actionable facility plans and roadmaps that support informed, financially grounded decisions about the facilities estate.