Solutions Architect Sr. Manager - Power
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Solution Architecture & Technical Leadership
- Lead the architecture and technical definition of electrical power infrastructure for complex data center and mission-critical projects.
- Develop end-to-end electrical architectures covering:
- Utility power interfaces
- Medium-voltage distribution
- Low-voltage distribution
- Transformers
- Switchgear
- UPS systems
- Battery energy storage
- Generator systems
- Paralleling systems
- Automatic transfer systems
- Power distribution units
- Remote power panels
- Busway systems
- Rack-level power distribution
- Define scalable and resilient power architectures based on customer capacity, redundancy and availability requirements.
- Lead electrical system sizing and capacity planning.
- Develop electrical conceptual designs and single-line diagrams.
- Determine power distribution paths, equipment architecture and cable distribution concepts.
- Evaluate electrical infrastructure technologies and recommend the optimum architecture for technical performance, resilience, scalability and commercial value.
- Support analysis of electrical efficiency and data center power performance.
Customer Engagement & Solution Pursuit
- Act as the senior power technical authority during strategic customer engagements.
- Engage directly with customer engineering, electrical, facilities and infrastructure teams.
- Lead technical workshops, solution presentations and architecture discussions.
- Understand customer power requirements, identify gaps and recommend optimized infrastructure solutions.
- Challenge traditional architectures where appropriate and introduce alternative solutions that improve availability, efficiency, scalability or total cost of ownership.
- Support strategic pursuits from early opportunity qualification through proposal development and customer presentations.
Solution Development & Proposal Support
- Lead the creation, review and approval of electrical architectures, single-line diagrams, conceptual designs, equipment selection, technical specifications, technical proposals, system sizing documentation and customer presentations.
- Work with estimating and commercial teams to develop BOMs and technically accurate quotations.
- Support cost, margin and commercial analysis.
- Evaluate and integrate third-party electrical infrastructure components where required.
- Ensure proposed solutions comply with relevant local electrical codes, standards and regulatory requirements.
Cross-Functional Leadership
- Partner closely with the Thermal Solutions Architect to develop integrated data center infrastructure solutions.
- Work with Engineering teams to translate customer requirements and conceptual architectures into executable solutions.
- Provide technical mentorship and leadership to solution architects and engineering teams.
- Support Sales teams with technical training and solution enablement.
- Provide market and customer insights to influence product and solution development.
- Participate in key customer meetings, industry forums, technical seminars and strategic events.
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems Engineering or a related discipline.
- Typically 12–20+ years of progressive experience in electrical power systems, mission-critical infrastructure or data center power architecture.
- Demonstrated experience architecting complex electrical infrastructure solutions.
- Strong expertise in UPS systems, LV/MV distribution, switchgear, transformers, generator systems and mission-critical power architectures.
- Strong understanding of redundancy and availability architectures, including N, N+1 and 2N concepts.
- Experience working directly with hyperscale, colocation, enterprise or telecom customers.
- Strong commercial awareness and ability to optimize solutions based on technical and business requirements.
- Excellent customer engagement, presentation and stakeholder-management skills.
- Ability to lead complex technical discussions with senior engineering stakeholders.
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE
- Experience in a data center OEM, electrical power OEM, EPC, electrical consultancy, hyperscaler or colocation provider.
- Experience in global data center projects.
- Experience in high-density computing and AI data center power requirements.
- Experience integrating conventional power infrastructure with emerging technologies such as battery energy storage and alternative power architectures.
- Experience leading cross-functional technical teams.