Job Description

Senior Architect SME

The ideal candidate will have experience in a team environment, experience running and designing enterprise scale services and platforms, technical depth in cloud platforms, agile development practices, and experience in designing & tuning telemetry. In addition, this position requires an individual who can demonstrate the ability to ensure highly resilient and scalable service designs through partnership with other members of the service team.

Job Description:

The datacenter design architect will be responsible for the development of Microsoft’s industry- leading datacenter designs which includes defining new technology and advanced concepts from pre-programming through design development, construction and the turnover to Operations.

Key responsibilities: -

This position will manage multiple projects on a global scale and be part of the core team that's launching the Microsoft cloud

The Design Architect will provide thought leadership and direction for the civil, structural and architectural workings to align with defined project scope, schedule and budget. The architect will engage with key MS stakeholders, authority having jurisdiction as well as outside vendors who specialize in datacenter architecture. The candidate will provide technical direction to vendors which includes professional architects, civil and structural engineers. This position will manage multiple concurrent projects on a global scale and be part of the core team that’s launching the MS cloud infrastructure worldwide. Some domestic and international travel is required.

• The architect will provide technical direction for the civil, structural and architectural components of the projects including facilitating systems coordination and organization throughout the sites and datacenters.
• The candidate must have excellent communication, be highly organized and exhibit high- level of project leadership; possess a high level of expertise in commercial and industrial architecture with a primary focus on datacenter design; have adequate experience in civil and structural design to provide confident direction to civil and structural engineering vendor experts.
• The candidate must also be able to work with other technical and non-technical groups in a fast-paced environment and must be a person of integrity with a methodical and detail- oriented work ethic.

Knowledge, experience and skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture
• Registered Professional Architect
• 10+ years of experience in architecture/engineering with experience as a lead architect
• 7+ years of experience in mission critical projects (Datacenters, Laboratories and/or Micro-Electronics projects or similar)
• Demonstrated ability to write, speak, and present information effectively and persuasively
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills
• Strong interpersonal skills; ability to lead and be proactive
• Excellent problem-solving, judgment, team building, and decision-making skills
• Experience using MS Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, MS Project, Visio, and Excel including effective reporting/presentations of project information

Preferred, not required:

• Experience operating CAD, Sketchup and/or BIM software for drawing review and adjustments is desirable