Data Center Capacity Consultant

Data Center Capacity Consultant

Ashburn, VA

Responsibilities

• Manage data center capacity and forecast modeling
• Work directly with Facilities Management teams to assess day-to-day and project deployment impact on Data Center Power, Space, and Cooling
• Perform/participate in data center space planning to develop rack elevations with potential power consumption
• Design, build, and event management for related White Space expansions
• Ensure operational procedures, processes, and Global Standards are adhered to in support of the Data Center Operations teams.
• Execute administrative and operational policies consistent with corporate and department goals, strategic planning, and BU growth objectives
• Perform/participate in security, access, and data center audits to ensure compliance with policies and standards
• Execute postmortem analysis to ensure issues that do impact operations are understood and corrective actions taken
• Proactively manage key Business units to ensure relationships and workloads are always on target
• Actively seek new information about changing products, markets, procedures, industry trends, developments and best practices
• Support the design, build, and maintenance of future data center solutions

Experience and Educational Requirements:

• Bachelor's or Associates degree
• Experience in the Financial Sector & Enterprise Data Centers
• 3-5 years of Capacity Management experience and Data Center Facilities
• Intermediate understanding of Mechanical & Electrical systems in an Enterprise Data Center Specifically at the rack level, PDU, and UPS
• Experience working with IT & Facilities engineering teams to asses cutting-edge technologies impact on Data Center environment, power, space, cooling.
• Working experience with data center operations, low & high voltage, and resiliency/redundancy standards to ensure system availability
• Monitoring of rack-level design and electrical thresholds/failover values
• Experience in communicating with all levels of Data Center Management and cross-divisional IT organizations
• Current on cabling Infrastructure industry standards
• Project management skills supporting Data Center Physical Layer projects
• Management supporting of Data Center Moves adds & changes
• Quality Assurance of Data Center inventory databases
• Change/risk management
• Skill in diagnosing and solving complex problems, providing tactical & strategic solutions
• Superior oral and written communication skills
• Superior computer skills including all common business applications with an emphasis on Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.
• AutoCAD is a plus
• Knowledge of industry standards and cutting-edge IT technologies
• Knowledge of Network Inventory databases a plus