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Senior level data infrastructure engineer jobs place experienced engineers in charge of architectural decisions, platform reliability at scale, and the cross-functional teams building the systems that underpin modern data operations. Openings are spread across on-site, remote, and hybrid settings in Technology & Software, Consulting & Professional Services, and Electronics & Hardware, with Amazon, Nuro, and OpenAI hiring at this level now.
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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 Infrastructure Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a senior level data infrastructure engineer job?
Employers hiring at the senior level want candidates who have owned production infrastructure end-to-end, not just contributed to it. Demonstrating that you have designed and shipped systems at scale, made architectural trade-off decisions, and mentored junior engineers gives you a clear edge. Highlight specific outcomes: reduced latency, improved pipeline reliability, or cost savings driven by your technical choices.
Which companies hire senior level data infrastructure engineers?
Companies hiring senior level data infrastructure engineers right now include Amazon, Nuro, and OpenAI, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Hiring at this level tends to come from organizations with complex, high-volume data environments where platform ownership and technical leadership are core to the role.
Are there remote senior level data infrastructure engineer jobs?
Yes, remote and hybrid opportunities are a meaningful share of the market at this level. About 21% of senior level data infrastructure engineer openings are remote or hybrid as of September 2026, reflecting how many engineering organizations have built distributed infrastructure teams. On-site roles do exist, particularly at companies with strict data security or compliance requirements.
What makes a data infrastructure engineer role senior level?
Senior level roles are defined by ownership and scope rather than task execution. You are expected to set the technical direction for data platforms, make architectural decisions that affect multiple teams, and be accountable for system reliability and scalability in production. Mentoring junior and mid-level engineers and partnering with data science, analytics, and product teams on platform strategy are also standard expectations.
Which industries hire the most senior level data infrastructure engineers?
Senior Level data infrastructure engineer roles concentrate in Technology & Software, Consulting & Professional Services, and Electronics & Hardware, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. These sectors tend to operate at data volumes and pipeline complexity that require experienced engineers who can own infrastructure decisions rather than follow established playbooks.