Data Center Architect

The role

The Data Center Architect will turn compute requirements into buildable data hall designs for new colocation sites and expansions. This role involves owning white-space design, infrastructure fit, physical network architecture, and design handoff.

What you will do

• Own floor plans and rack layouts including equipment placement and cable pathways
• Translate equipment specifications into rack-level and aggregate IT power and cooling requirements
• Verify provider capacity, redundancy, and connection points support the deployment
• Define network equipment placement, physical connections, fiber routes, and patching locations
• Deliver coordinated floor plans, rack layouts, connectivity drawings, and equipment schedules
• Review design changes and resolve installation questions
• Approve designs and resolve tradeoffs within scope
• Establish repeatable standards across the global portfolio
• Contribute to consultant reviews, RFPs, cost reviews, and commissioning

Required qualifications

• Owned data center white-space designs from initial requirements through installation handoff
• Can produce floor plans and rack layouts balancing density, serviceability, containment, cabling, power, cooling, and growth
• Can interpret electrical and mechanical drawings
• Can translate equipment specifications into infrastructure requirements
• Understand practical constraints of high-density deployments within colocation facilities
• Understand data center network layers for planning equipment placement, physical connectivity, fiber pathways, and resilience
• Can author and review layouts using AutoCAD, Bluebeam, or equivalent tools

Nice to have

• Experience with high-density AI or HPC infrastructure, GPU racks, or heterogeneous compute platforms
• Experience with direct-to-chip liquid cooling, CDUs, facility water interfaces, or hybrid air- and liquid-cooled deployments
• Experience evaluating colocation sites and aligning customer equipment requirements with provider infrastructure
• Experience with Revit or other BIM tools, DCIM systems, and capacity-planning tools
• Familiarity with TIA-942, BICSI, and ASHRAE guidance
• Experience coordinating applicable code requirements with qualified design professionals

About the company

Gimlet is building the first multi-silicon neocloud designed for fast, efficient AI inference. They combine large-scale compute infrastructure with an execution platform that partitions AI workloads.