Data Hall Designer

ClifyX; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

ClifyX seeks a data center infrastructure leader to strategize and optimize white space design, including rack layouts, power distribution, and cabling, driving standards and scalability. You will collaborate across facilities, construction, and operations to ensure reliable, efficient systems.

Lead engagements with providers and internal teams, shaping BoD documents and ensuring alignment with business objectives while mentoring junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Strategizes planning, design, and optimization of data center white space across rack layouts and power distribution.
• Maintains white space documentation including room layouts, BOMs, and structured cabling designs.
• Shapes design standards and BoD documents to guide teams.
• Designs low voltage cabling systems to support scalable compute, storage, and network.
• Reviews new site layouts and fit-out designs for compliance and strategic alignment.
• Leads engagements with colocation providers, developers, and internal teams to align objectives.
• Collaborates with Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, and Fire engineering teams to ensure reliability.
• Directs complex project coordination meetings with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Provides expertise in contracts, change orders, and engineering documentation to mitigate risks.
• Mentors junior engineers to build capability aligned with business goals.

Job description

Strategizes the planning, design, and optimization of data center white space, including rack layout, hot/cold aisle containment, power distribution, cable pathways, and build phases, ensuring a transformative impact on broader strategies and industry standards. Leads engagements with colocation providers, developers, and multidisciplinary internal teams (e.g., mechanical, plumbing, construction operations) to drive the strategic alignment and execution of innovative white space designs that transform organizational objectives into substantial business impact.

Key Responsibilities

White Space and Infrastructure Design:

• -Strategizes the planning, design, and optimization of data center white space, including rack layout, hot/cold aisle containment, power distribution, cable pathways, and build phases, ensuring a transformative impact on broader strategies and industry standards.
• -Leads the maintenance of comprehensive white space documentation such as room layouts, rack elevations, bill of materials, and structured cabling designs, ensuring alignment with industry best practices and line of business goals.
• -Shapes and refines design standards and Basis of Design (BoD) documents, guiding internal and partner teams to deliver consistent and innovative white space solutions that enhance efficiency and scalability.
• -Designs and strategizes low voltage structured cabling systems to support scalable, high-performance compute, storage, and network systems, leveraging emerging technologies and addressing complex industry needs.
• -Overse and influences the review of new site layouts and proposed fit-out designs, including failover configurations, ensuring compliance and strategic alignment with line of business standards.

Cross-Functional Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement:

• -Leads engagements with colocation providers, developers, and internal teams (e.g., facilities, construction, operations) to drive the strategic alignment and execution of innovative white space designs that transform line of business objectives into substantial business impact.
• -Leads collaboration with multidisciplinary engineering functions (e.g., Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire, Controls), leveraging deep subject matter expertise to ensure seamless integration, enhance system reliability, anticipate complex risks, and drive innovation.
• -Directs and influences complex project coordination meetings, aligning cross-functional teams on scope, timelines, and critical design updates, contributing to and shaping broader line of business strategy.
• -Serves as a subject matter expert on the partnership with technology partners (e.g., network, compute, carrier) around locating information and resources.

Project and Program Leadership:

• -Leads and influences high impact white space design initiatives and complex engineering projects, driving them from inception through execution with a major impact on strategic objectives and industry standards.
• -Provides direction to internal and external project team members, including contractors and vendors, ensuring design, fit-out, and commissioning phases align with line of business goals and drive cross-functional success.
• -Ensures project deliverables meet and exceed company expectations, standards, and schedules by leveraging advanced cross-functional insights and decisive leadership.
• -Provides deep expertise in contract administration, managing change orders, cost forecasts, and engineering documentation to mitigate risks and drive industry-leading innovation.
• -Mentors and inspires junior engineers and new team members, enhancing line of business capability and guiding team development aligned with line of business objectives.