Senior Power Harvesting Electrical Engineer

Microsoft Cloud Operations and Innovation (CO&I) is the team behind the cloud.  Within CO&I, the Datacenter Engineering (DCE) team is responsible for delivering core datacenter infrastructure for Microsoft’s cloud business. The Microsoft portfolio consists of complex, multi-disciplinary, large scale, multi-year datacenter construction and lease projects.

We are looking for a passionate, Senior Power Harvesting Electrical Engineer to help build the cloud datacenters that power the world’s largest online services.  

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

• 8+ years of technical engineering experience
  • OR Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years of technical engineering experience
  • OR Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years of technical engineering experience
• 7+ years of experience in construction/engineering/operation of hyperscale datacenters or similar large scale and complex engineering systems

Other Requirements:

• Candidates must meet Microsoft, customer and government security background screening requirements for this role. These requirements currently include, but may change, and are not limited to:
  • Microsoft Cloud Screen Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Screen background check upon hire/transfer and every two years after that while in this role.

Preferred/Additional Qualifications:

• Licensed Professional Engineer
• Knowledge of automated workflow processes and solutions
• Understanding of electrical and cooling theory with practical application
• Understanding of datacenter design and operation with the ability to assess "failover" modes
• Knowledge of construction techniques, terminology, and documentation (ability to interpret blueprints, electrical one-lines, construction drawings etc.)
• Knowledge and experience in data center design, operation and fit out
• Experience with existing datacenter designs, redundancy, and form factors
• Experience with building automation and electrical power monitoring systems
• Ability to use Kusto Query for statistical data analysis.
• Experience using the Microsoft (MS) Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) as well as Visio, Bluebeam Revu

Electrical Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $112,000 - $218,400 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $145,800 - $238,600 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

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The candidate will directly support the global DCE Global Power Harvesting & Strategy Team.

Duties to include, but not be limited to the following:

• Perform detailed analysis of datacenter Space, Power, Cooling and Network (SPCN) assessments to identify Power Harvesting opportunities.
• Collaborate with Power Harvesting (PH) program managers and local site teams to develop site specific Power Harvesting strategy and plans of execution.
• Develop creative and innovative solutions to utilize otherwise stranded capacity while keeping all customer services secure.
• Seek emerging and proactive opportunities to optimize Microsoft’s installed capacity and increase revenues for the business.
• Develop engineering models for capacity recovery, stranded reduction, and “failover” analysis.
• Leverage automation solutions to innovate and enhance engineering modeling and streamline engineering processes.
• Work with Capacity Planning teams to mitigate capacity gaps with innovative approaches.
• Align with project execution teams to ensure all work is planned and executed without impact to Microsoft’s Critical Environment.
• Initiate cross-functional partnerships within the global engineering groups to jointly deliver additional cloud capacity.
• Develop and follow published organizational and business processes and procedures.
• Initiate, understand, and contribute to continuous improvement efforts.
• Partner with peer organizations in evaluating and selecting appropriate Power Harvesting opportunities in support of changing demand and varied complex conditions.
• Be point person responsible for assessing Space, Power, Cooling and Network (SPCN) while always ensuring customer load is prioritized.
• Understand network growth strategies, site design constraints, regional limitations, and business plans.
• Be able to communicate technical issues, risks, mitigations, assumptions, and constraints to propose solutions in a concise manner for the consumption of non-technical audiences.