Global PDU Power Infrastructure Lead

Transaction Network Services (TNS); North Carolina; On-site; USD 90,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Transaction Network Services (TNS) seeks a global PDU Infrastructure Manager to own deployed PDU platforms, manage standards, and drive lifecycle and capacity planning. You will coordinate firmware updates, monitor the estate, and work with procurement to ensure inventory and budget alignment.

The role requires hands-on experience with enterprise PDU environments, SNMP and DCIM familiarity, and collaboration with engineering, procurement, and operations teams to forecast growth and align with

Qualifications

• Experience managing intelligent PDU infrastructure in enterprise, data center, or colocation environments.
• Experience with PDU monitoring, alarm management, firmware administration, and remote management platforms.
• Experience managing hardware lifecycle programs, inventory, and technology refresh initiatives.
• Experience working directly with equipment vendors and support organizations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical owner for all deployed PDU platforms globally.
• Maintain and manage approved PDU standards, product selections, and deployment guidelines.
• Evaluate new PDU technologies and provide recommendations for adoption and standardization.
• Monitor monitoring, alerting, and reporting for the global PDU estate through Nlyte and other approved platforms.
• Develop alarm thresholds, escalation procedures, and operational standards.
• Coordinate firmware upgrades, security updates, and vulnerability remediation activities.
• Develop and execute lifecycle management and replacement strategies for all PDU assets.
• Track warranty, end-of-sale, end-of-support, and end-of-life milestones.
• Maintain accurate asset inventory and support forecasting for refresh and expansion initiatives.
• Work closely with business units to forecast growth and infrastructure demand, translating business requirements into PDU capacity plans, inventory forecasts, lifecycle replacement schedules, and budget recommendations.
• Partner with Procurement and Logistics to ensure adequate inventory is available for growth and replacement activities.
• Manage vendor relationships, product registrations, RMAs, and support escalations.
• Monitor market trends, product roadmaps, and supply chain risks.
• Support emergency replacements and major incident response involving PDU infrastructure.

Skills

PDU infrastructure

PDU monitoring

Alarm management

Firmware administration

Remote management

Hardware lifecycle

Inventory management

Tech refresh

Vendor management

Vendor relations

Power BI

Data analytics

PowerShell

Python

APIs

Project management

Contract administration

SNMP

DCIM

Tools

APC/Schneider Electric

Vertiv

Geist

Raritan

Nlyte

Job description

Transaction Network Services (TNS) seeks a global PDU Infrastructure Manager to own deployed PDU platforms, manage standards, and drive lifecycle and capacity planning. You will coordinate firmware updates, monitor the estate, and work with procurement to ensure inventory and budget alignment.

The role requires hands-on experience with enterprise PDU environments, SNMP and DCIM familiarity, and collaboration with engineering, procurement, and operations teams to forecast growth and align with