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Data Center Engineer

ManpowerGroup

Charlotte, NC · HybridJobSeen 2mo agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago

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Location
Charlotte, NCHybrid
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Job overview

The Senior Data Center Infrastructure Engineer will design, maintain, and expand critical power and cooling systems, lead capacity planning, support resiliency through redundancy analysis, and contribute to construction, upgrades, and commissioning while using monitoring and DCIM tools to drive operational performance.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Critical Power SystemsCritical Cooling SystemsCapacity PlanningDCIMMonitoringEngineering MetricsMechanical SystemsElectrical SystemsStructured Cabling

Qualifications

Strong Working Knowledge of Data Center Critical Infrastructure Including Mechanical Electrical and Structured Cabling SystemsExperience Supporting Budgets and Cost Controls for Data Center Projects and Infrastructure OperationsProven Ability to Partner With Real Estate Critical Systems Construction and Technology TeamsDemonstrated Experience Leading or Significantly Contributing to Data Center Infrastructure Engineering and Design ActivitiesTrack Record of Delivering Technical Solutions That Meet Defined Availability Redundancy Quality and Budget Requirements

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match

Full job description

Our client, Data Center Infrastructure Engineering is seeking a Senior Data Center Infrastructure Engineer - Power, Cooling, Resiliency & Capacity Planning to join their team. As a Senior Data Center Infrastructure Engineer - Power, Cooling, Resiliency & Capacity Planning, you will be part of the Data Center Infrastructure Engineering team supporting critical infrastructure delivery. The ideal candidate will have a strong focus on critical power and cooling systems, a practical problem-solving mindset grounded in operational reality, and the ability to communicate technical information clearly to peers and management.

Job Title: Senior Data Center Infrastructure Engineer - Power, Cooling, Resiliency & Capacity Planning

Location: Chandler AZ; Jersey City NJ; Plano TX; Richmond VA; Charlotte, NC

What's the Job?

  • Design, maintain, improve, and expand the physical infrastructure of a data center, with a focus on critical power and cooling systems (not IT hardware or software).

  • Own engineering work across capacity planning for power, space, and cooling, ensuring infrastructure can meet current and future demand.

  • Support infrastructure resiliency through redundancy and failover analysis, helping drive operational resiliency and availability outcomes.

  • Contribute to data center construction, upgrades, and commissioning activities, including interpreting design standards and identifying implementation risks.

  • Use monitoring, DCIM, and engineering metrics to support operational performance, investigate infrastructure issues, and drive root-cause corrective actions.

What's Needed?

  • Strong working knowledge of data center critical infrastructure, including mechanical, electrical, and/or structured cabling systems, with an engineering or technical discipline background.

  • Experience supporting budgets and cost controls for data center projects and infrastructure operations, including exposure to capital projects and vendor cost management.

  • Proven ability to partner with Real Estate, Critical Systems, Construction, and Technology teams to deliver infrastructure projects and operational outcomes.

  • Demonstrated experience leading or significantly contributing to data center infrastructure engineering and design activities, including interpreting technical contract requirements.

  • Track record of delivering technical solutions that meet defined availability, redundancy, quality, and budget requirements, while applying established engineering standards and best practices.

What's in it for me?

  • Opportunity to help strengthen mission-critical infrastructure resiliency through power, cooling, and capacity planning expertise.

  • Chance to contribute to construction, upgrades, and commissioning work that improves reliability and operational outcomes.

  • Role that values data-driven decision making using operational and engineering metrics and DCIM/monitoring insights.

  • Environment that supports cross-functional collaboration with construction teams, utilities, vendors, and facility stakeholders.

  • Potential contract to hire with hybrid work expectations: 3 days onsite per week required.

Upon completion of waiting period consultants are eligible for:

  • Medical and Prescription Drug Plans

  • Dental Plan

  • Vision Plan

  • Health Savings Account

  • Health Flexible Spending Account

  • Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account

  • Supplemental Life Insurance

  • Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance

  • Business Travel Insurance

  • 401(k), Plus Match

  • Weekly Pay

If this is a role that interests you and you'd like to learn more, click apply now and a recruiter will be in touch with you to discuss this great opportunity. We look forward to speaking with you!

About ManpowerGroup, Parent Company of: Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells.

ManpowerGroup® (NYSE: MAN), the leading global workforce solutions company, helps organizations transform in a fast-changing world of work by sourcing, assessing, developing, and managing the talent that enables them to win. We develop innovative solutions for hundreds of thousands of organizations every year, providing them with skilled talent while finding meaningful, sustainable employment for millions of people across a wide range of industries and skills. Our expert family of brands – Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells – creates substantial value for candidates and clients across more than 75 countries and territories and has done so for over 70 years. We are recognized consistently for our diversity - as a best place to work for Women, Inclusion, Equality and Disability and in 2023 ManpowerGroup was named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for the 14th year - all confirming our position as the brand of choice for in-demand talent.

ManpowerGroup is committed to providing equal employment opportunities in a professional, high quality work environment. It is the policy of ManpowerGroup and all of its subsidiaries to recruit, train, promote, transfer, pay and take all employment actions without regard to an employee's race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

How this job compares

Set against the 450 open Data Center Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • US median$146–245K/yr402 salary ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 450 open Data Center Engineering jobs across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Experience
Data Center Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for 10 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 5 to 12 years (303 postings).
Education
124 of the 450 open Data Center Engineering jobs (28%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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