Responsibilities

• manage internal and external resources for the delivery of land technical due diligence, construction permitting, engineering/designing the building shell/core, power, cooling, telecom and controls infrastructure to align with Microsoft IT capacity roadmap for builds.
• provide design management, technical direction, decision-making and overall leadership for our datacenter architectural / engineering designs.

• The candidate must have excellent communication, organization, and leadership skills.
• Candidates must possess a high level of proficiency in commercial and industrial architecture and engineering with a primary focus on datacenter design.
• The candidates must also be able to work with other technical and non-technical groups in a fast- paced environment and do so with an even temperament.
• The candidate must be a person of integrity, be methodical, detailed-oriented with a strong work ethic.
• Ability to lead teams of engineers in advanced engineering and operational processes and procedures as they relate to large datacenter environments
• Contract negotiation skills with solid understanding of value-added ideas without compromising safety and quality of deliverables
• Ability to get things done in fast-paced environment; not easily discouraged; forward looking with open mindset
• Knowledge of local building codes, regulations, and jurisdictional standards
• Ability to prepare and present using MS office packages
• Able to travel domestically and internationally
• Large scale project experience (100MW per project) delivering Design Build, and Design Bid Build type projects
• Have good experience in running technical site due diligence programmes
• Demonstrate a good track record in data centre / mission critical section

Qualifications

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.