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We are seeking a Lead Principal Data Center Infrastructure / Low Voltage & Cabling SME to serve as the senior field leader for low-voltage infrastructure, structured cabling, fiber, telecom, controls integration, and operational technology readiness for assigned campuses, buildings, or systems.
This role provides hands-on leadership for critical digital infrastructure and controls scopes while coaching LV, controls, and cabling teams to improve installation quality, integration readiness, interoperability, startup execution, and operational reliability.
The Lead Principal Data Center Infrastructure / Low Voltage & Cabling SME acts as the connection point between the Digital LV Infrastructure & Controls Director and field controls, cabling, commissioning, startup, vendor, IT, and operations teams to ensure consistent standards, startup readiness, and integrated systems performance.
Onsite in Port Washington, WI preferred; otherwise, willing to travel 75%+
Key Responsibilities
- Lead assigned low-voltage infrastructure, cabling, and controls integration scopes onsite
- Support structured cabling, fiber infrastructure, telecom, and communications systems coordination
- Validate pathway coordination, routing conditions, and installation quality
- Support BMS/EPMS integration readiness and controls interoperability
- Coordinate functional testing, sequence validation, startup readiness, and turnover activities
- Identify, escalate, and drive resolution of integration, cabling, and controls issues
- Support fiber testing, certification, QA/QC audits, and documentation completeness
- Coordinate with construction, commissioning, startup, controls vendors, IT, and operations teams
- Reinforce digital infrastructure, controls integration, and startup standards across teams
- Support startup flow optimization for integrated digital systems
- Coach and mentor LV infrastructure, cabling, and controls personnel onsite
- Identify recurring integration or quality issues and drive corrective action
- Support onsite priorities established by the Digital LV Infrastructure & Controls Director
Required Skills and Experience
- Strong experience in low-voltage infrastructure, structured cabling, fiber, telecom, controls, or data center infrastructure delivery
- Knowledge of LV cabling systems, fiber testing/certification, telecom infrastructure, pathways, and routing coordination
- Experience supporting BMS, EPMS, controls integration, operational technology, or mission-critical facility systems
- Understanding of functional testing, sequence validation, startup readiness, and turnover processes
- Ability to read and interpret drawings, specifications, cabling plans, controls documentation, test reports, and turnover packages
- Strong understanding of installation quality, deficiency management, and integration issue resolution
- Proven ability to coordinate vendors, contractors, commissioning teams, IT, controls teams, and operations stakeholders
- Strong field leadership, communication, and escalation skills
- Ability to identify risks early and drive issues to closure
- Hands-on leadership style with a strong focus on safety, quality, accountability, and execution
Primary Focus Areas
- Site-level LV infrastructure and controls leadership
- Structured cabling, fiber, telecom, and pathway coordination
- Controls integration, interoperability, and startup readiness
- Functional testing, sequence validation, and operational readiness
- Installation quality verification and deficiency closure
- Coaching and alignment of LV, cabling, and controls teams
On-Site Expectations
This role is based onsite in Port Washington, Wisconsin , with an anticipated onsite presence of 75%–90% , particularly during installation, integration, testing, commissioning, and startup phases.
The Low Voltage & Cabling SME Lead is expected to maintain a strong daily field presence to validate installation quality, support integration readiness, observe testing, coach teams, and resolve issues in real time.
Expected onsite engagement includes:
- Walking active LV and controls work areas regularly
- Leading integration reviews, coordination meetings, and issue resolution discussions onsite
- Validating pathway coordination, routing, installation quality, and controls readiness
- Participating in functional testing, sequence validation, interoperability reviews, and startup readiness activities
- Engaging directly with vendors, contractors, commissioning teams, IT, controls, startup, and operations teams
- Escalating integration and readiness risks quickly and clearly
Success in This Role Looks Like
- Cabling and controls scopes execute predictably onsite
- Fiber quality and certification results remain consistently strong
- Controls systems integrate with minimal rework
- Startup and interoperability issues are identified early and resolved quickly
- Turnover packages are complete, accurate, and operationally usable
- Vendors and trades coordinate effectively during testing and startup
- LV and controls teams operate consistently across the site
- Installation quality and startup readiness continuously improve
- Team capability and technical leadership maturity increase over time
Key Deliverables
- LV infrastructure execution and coordination plans
- Controls integration and interoperability coordination reports
- Fiber testing and certification reports
- Functional testing and sequence validation reports
- Pathway coordination and routing assessments
- Startup readiness and turnover status reports
- Integration issue tracking and escalation logs
- Controls readiness dashboards
- Interoperability validation reports
- Vendor coordination and integration action trackers
- Installation quality and deficiency reports
- Startup risk and mitigation trackers
- Lessons learned and continuous improvement recommendations
- Operational handoff support documentation
Key Performance Indicators
- Cabling execution performance
- Fiber certification pass rate
- Controls integration readiness
- Integration defect reduction
- Sequence validation success rate
- Functional test first-pass yield
- Interoperability success performance
- Deficiency closure cycle time
- Startup-related controls rework reduction
- Turnover readiness performance
- Safety performance during integration activities
- LV and controls team development
We are seeking a Lead Principal Data Center Infrastructure / Low Voltage & Cabling SME to serve as the senior field leader for low-voltage infrastructure, structured cabling, fiber, telecom, controls integration, and operational technology readiness for assigned campuses, buildings, or systems.
This role provides hands-on leadership for critical digital infrastructure and controls scopes while coaching LV, controls, and cabling teams to improve installation quality, integration readiness, interoperability, startup execution, and operational reliability.
The Lead Principal Data Center Infrastructure / Low Voltage & Cabling SME acts as the connection point between the Digital LV Infrastructure & Controls Director and field controls, cabling, commissioning, startup, vendor, IT, and operations teams to ensure consistent standards, startup readiness, and integrated systems performance.
Onsite in Port Washington, WI preferred; otherwise, willing to travel 75%+
Key Responsibilities
- Lead assigned low-voltage infrastructure, cabling, and controls integration scopes onsite
- Support structured cabling, fiber infrastructure, telecom, and communications systems coordination
- Validate pathway coordination, routing conditions, and installation quality
- Support BMS/EPMS integration readiness and controls interoperability
- Coordinate functional testing, sequence validation, startup readiness, and turnover activities
- Identify, escalate, and drive resolution of integration, cabling, and controls issues
- Support fiber testing, certification, QA/QC audits, and documentation completeness
- Coordinate with construction, commissioning, startup, controls vendors, IT, and operations teams
- Reinforce digital infrastructure, controls integration, and startup standards across teams
- Support startup flow optimization for integrated digital systems
- Coach and mentor LV infrastructure, cabling, and controls personnel onsite
- Identify recurring integration or quality issues and drive corrective action
- Support onsite priorities established by the Digital LV Infrastructure & Controls Director
Required Skills and Experience
- Strong experience in low-voltage infrastructure, structured cabling, fiber, telecom, controls, or data center infrastructure delivery
- Knowledge of LV cabling systems, fiber testing/certification, telecom infrastructure, pathways, and routing coordination
- Experience supporting BMS, EPMS, controls integration, operational technology, or mission-critical facility systems
- Understanding of functional testing, sequence validation, startup readiness, and turnover processes
- Ability to read and interpret drawings, specifications, cabling plans, controls documentation, test reports, and turnover packages
- Strong understanding of installation quality, deficiency management, and integration issue resolution
- Proven ability to coordinate vendors, contractors, commissioning teams, IT, controls teams, and operations stakeholders
- Strong field leadership, communication, and escalation skills
- Ability to identify risks early and drive issues to closure
- Hands-on leadership style with a strong focus on safety, quality, accountability, and execution
Primary Focus Areas
- Site-level LV infrastructure and controls leadership
- Structured cabling, fiber, telecom, and pathway coordination
- Controls integration, interoperability, and startup readiness
- Functional testing, sequence validation, and operational readiness
- Installation quality verification and deficiency closure
- Coaching and alignment of LV, cabling, and controls teams
On-Site Expectations
This role is based onsite in Port Washington, Wisconsin , with an anticipated onsite presence of 75%–90% , particularly during installation, integration, testing, commissioning, and startup phases.
The Low Voltage & Cabling SME Lead is expected to maintain a strong daily field presence to validate installation quality, support integration readiness, observe testing, coach teams, and resolve issues in real time.
Expected onsite engagement includes:
- Walking active LV and controls work areas regularly
- Leading integration reviews, coordination meetings, and issue resolution discussions onsite
- Validating pathway coordination, routing, installation quality, and controls readiness
- Participating in functional testing, sequence validation, interoperability reviews, and startup readiness activities
- Engaging directly with vendors, contractors, commissioning teams, IT, controls, startup, and operations teams
- Escalating integration and readiness risks quickly and clearly
Success in This Role Looks Like
- Cabling and controls scopes execute predictably onsite
- Fiber quality and certification results remain consistently strong
- Controls systems integrate with minimal rework
- Startup and interoperability issues are identified early and resolved quickly
- Turnover packages are complete, accurate, and operationally usable
- Vendors and trades coordinate effectively during testing and startup
- LV and controls teams operate consistently across the site
- Installation quality and startup readiness continuously improve
- Team capability and technical leadership maturity increase over time
Key Deliverables
- LV infrastructure execution and coordination plans
- Controls integration and interoperability coordination reports
- Fiber testing and certification reports
- Functional testing and sequence validation reports
- Pathway coordination and routing assessments
- Startup readiness and turnover status reports
- Integration issue tracking and escalation logs
- Controls readiness dashboards
- Interoperability validation reports
- Vendor coordination and integration action trackers
- Installation quality and deficiency reports
- Startup risk and mitigation trackers
- Lessons learned and continuous improvement recommendations
- Operational handoff support documentation
Key Performance Indicators
- Cabling execution performance
- Fiber certification pass rate
- Controls integration readiness
- Integration defect reduction
- Sequence validation success rate
- Functional test first-pass yield
- Interoperability success performance
- Deficiency closure cycle time
- Startup-related controls rework reduction
- Turnover readiness performance
- Safety performance during integration activities
- LV and controls team development
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Senior Level Data Center Infrastructure Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a senior level data center infrastructure job?
Employers at this level look for candidates who have owned end-to-end infrastructure projects, not just contributed to them. Demonstrating that you have driven capacity planning decisions, led incident response as the technical authority, or mentored junior engineers will set you apart. Certifications like CDCP, CDCS, or vendor-specific credentials in networking and power systems also signal the depth these roles require.
Which companies hire senior level data center infrastructures?
Companies hiring senior level data center infrastructures right now include Amazon, OpenAI, and Delta Electronics (Americas), based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Hiring at this level covers hyperscale cloud operators, colocation providers, large enterprises with private data center fleets, and federal contractors managing mission-critical infrastructure.
Are there remote senior level data center infrastructure jobs?
Yes, though the majority of senior roles require on-site or hybrid presence given the hands-on nature of the work. About 0% of senior level data center infrastructure openings are remote or hybrid as of September 2026, and those positions tend to be in architecture, program management, or strategic consulting functions rather than facilities operations.
What makes a data center infrastructure role senior level?
Senior roles carry ownership over outcomes, not just execution of assigned tasks. At this stage, you are expected to define standards, evaluate and select vendors, lead multi-disciplinary teams through major build or upgrade cycles, and serve as the final technical voice on architecture decisions. Mentoring junior and mid-level staff is typically a core expectation, and the scope usually covers multiple sites or a significant portion of a critical infrastructure footprint.
Which industries hire the most senior level data center infrastructures?
Senior level data center infrastructure roles concentrate in Technology & Software, Retail, and E-Commerce & Online Marketplaces, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. These sectors drive hiring because they operate at a scale where unplanned downtime carries severe financial or regulatory consequences, making experienced infrastructure leadership a business-critical investment rather than an operational expense.