Senior Data Center Engineer — Hybrid, Lead High-Density DC

LinkedIn; Virginia (IL); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 265,000; Full time

Job summary

LinkedIn is seeking a Data Center Engineer to join the Data Center Engineering (DCE) team. You will lead electrical and mechanical design reviews, site evaluations, and commissioning for global data center projects, ensuring reliability and scalability.

Hybrid role based in multiple U.S. locations; you will collaborate with colocation providers, operators, and internal stakeholders to maintain safety, energy efficiency, and high availability across the LinkedIn data center fleet.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial, Process, or a related engineering discipline.
• 10+ years of experience defining, designing, constructing, commissioning, operating, or maintaining mission-critical infrastructure.
• 7+ years of direct experience leading data center design, construction, field engineering, commissioning, or major infrastructure retrofit programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead site selection and technical evaluation of data center engineering documents, expansions, and data hall fit-outs, including review of electrical one-line diagrams, mechanical system designs, and infrastructure layouts.
• Lead technical due diligence and infrastructure negotiations for colocation leases, amendments, and expansions. Translate business and capacity requirements into enforceable technical provisions covering capacity delivery, system performance, demarcation of responsibilities, commissioning, maintenance, reporting, emergency response, and service-level remedies.
• Develop and maintain system-level resiliency and redundancy models that define load distribution, failover sequences, and power/cooling interdependencies to ensure infrastructure designs meet LinkedIn’s Tier-level and N+X performance criteria.

Skills

Data Center Site Evaluation

Technical Leadership

Executive Communication

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Industrial or related engineering

Tools

PE/CRE/CMRP/CEng/PMP

Financial & Contract Negotiation

Job description

LinkedIn is seeking a Data Center Engineer to join the Data Center Engineering (DCE) team. You will lead electrical and mechanical design reviews, site evaluations, and commissioning for global data center projects, ensuring reliability and scalability.

Hybrid role based in multiple U.S. locations; you will collaborate with colocation providers, operators, and internal stakeholders to maintain safety, energy efficiency, and high availability across the LinkedIn data center fleet.