Senior Data Center Systems Architect

$117,200 - $229,200/Yr

Microsoft - Redmond, WA

Full-time - Senior

Redmond, WA

10,001+ employees

Publishing Industries

About the position

As a Senior Data Center Systems Architect at Microsoft, you will play a crucial role in designing innovative data center architectures and product solutions that enhance performance, efficiency, and reliability. You will collaborate with a diverse team of engineers and business partners to address customer needs and deliver high-quality solutions, while also working with external vendors to ensure compliance with Microsoft's standards. This position is integral to supporting a vast global infrastructure that serves over 1 billion customers and 20 million businesses worldwide, with a strong emphasis on sustainability and optimization.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for the system architecture and engineering team in developing innovative and scalable systems and products for Microsoft's data centers.
• Define the system requirements, specifications, architectures, and interfaces for the products, ensuring alignment with customer needs, industry standards, and regulatory compliance.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams, such as product management, software engineering, hardware engineering, networking, testing, and validation, to ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of the products.
• Manage the system integration, verification, and validation activities, including conducting prototype testing, field trials, and customer feedback sessions.
• Provide technical guidance, mentoring, and coaching to the system engineering team, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree AND 4+ years experience in engineering (mechanical, electrical engineering, architecture) or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
• 2+ years experience with mission critical systems like datacenter, healthcare, oil, military, or utilities.
• 2+ years experience with designing systems and/or developing products for industrial or mission critical environments.

Nice-to-haves

• Master's degree in mechanical, electrical engineering, architecture.
• Experience with cross-disciplined systems design (electrical, IT/Telecom, supervisory control and data acquisition).
• Experience with Data center thermal systems design, analysis, and optimization of cooling systems for data center environments, hydronics, cooling distribution, liquid to liquid and liquid to air heat exchangers.
• Data Center Electrical Systems design, energy back-up and uninterrupted power supply, medium voltage switch gear, low voltage power distribution.

Benefits

• Relocation support provided.
• Hybrid or remote work eligibility up to 50%.
• Comprehensive health insurance coverage.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with company matching.
• Paid time off and holidays.