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Data Centre Consultant

Company Name: Schneider Electric
Employment Type:Full Time
Location: Abu Dhabi
Experience: 2-5 years
Degree: Bachelor
Gender:Any
Age:Any  
Nationality: Any
Salary:Unspecified
No. Of Vacancies:1
Job Description:
What will you do?
A Data Centre Consultant is an Individual contributor with team responsibilities for technical advocacy. The ideal candidate will perform dual roles and he/she should have in-depth knowledge of data center infrastructure, electrical system, critical power, cooling and monitoring systems. In the primary role, the candidate will be working with countries to understand and analyze data center modernization opportunities received from various sources and take ownership in preparing and reaching out to develop the Audit and Modernization offers for customers. This Position is responsible for using his/her Data Center solution knowledge to educate customers on products, technologies, and competitive advantages and how they meet the customer’s needs. Responsible for working closely with sales team in identifying the opportunities, positioning and selling solution-based projects. Also need to support the sales team to achieve their sales & gross margin targets. He/she needs to work closely with Elite Data Center partners in identifying brownfield Data Center projects, define the scope of work, estimate, and sell systems and solutions to meet / exceed the customer needs & expectations. The secondary role is to assist data center modernization projects with project planning, scheduling, measuring, ownership and delivery. The role also includes delivery of data center audit reports. Understanding on data center KPIs and various DC related metrics/calculations are must to have skills. In this role, he/she will work across multiple projects ensuring prompt delivery to various country teams. Candidate should be willing for travel onsite for project related or data collection/measurement/management activities.
 
Key Responsibilities
Analyzes historical data from various data aggregation system and prepare assessment reports.
Provide recommendation for efficiency and availability improvements and highlight problem areas that require attention
Identify all pre-requisite for project execution (site layouts, data, design documents, SLD’s, product specification document etc.…) and flag any constraints that might impact the desired customer expectations.  
Analyzing data center related information from on-site cooling, power, environmental control infrastructure and physical space to provide assessment report with energy saving retrofits and resilience improvements.
Working closely with end users, Elite DC partners on pretender / prescription stage, product positioning, technical sales.
Delivering product/technology/technical presentations to customer, consultants & partners community in Gulf using SE internal & external platforms
Working closely with internal teas for offer preparation / compliance and material approval & submission
 
Technical Skills 
Should demonstrate cooling and/or power domain expertise
Direct or backend (support) experience in Data Center engineering operations, with a deep understanding of electrical and mechanical data center infrastructure
Power flow analysis in electrical distribution system, understanding electrical demand side management and improve power usage effectiveness for the customer
Cooling efficiency evaluation (Chillers and DX based system) and identify energy conservation measures.
Track record for being detail-oriented with a demonstrated ability to self-motivate and follow-through on projects
Demonstrates a broad knowledge of Schneider Electric’s data center technology & solutions, with deep expertise in area of specialization and related technologies
Field experience on Installation/Commissioning/Quality control of critical assets (Power, cooling) is a plus
Applies broad understanding of technical innovations & trends to solving customer business problems
Demonstrated ability to work as the lead for large complex brownfield projects
Fundamental understanding of Data Center design & equipment sizing
Use of Schneider Electric’s internal solution and offer preparation tools such as ISX Designer, 3Ph UPS Configurators, Unical for Cooling Solutions, LEC Configurator, DCIM configurators etc., is a plus
Use of Schneider Electric’s data center assessment analytical tools is a plus
Well-versed with MS office packages especially MS word and Excel for report preparation and analysis customers
Understanding of ASHRAE principles, Green grid DC standards and awareness of best practices in the data center space is very desirable

Desired Candidate Experience profile
Data Center Consultant/Auditor or Energy Management Service Professional
Certifications (Not mandatory)
Data Center Design Consultant
Data Center Professional (SE certification)
Uptime certification
EPI certification (CDCP, CDCS, CDCE, CTDC)