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Data Center Facility Telemetry & Controls Engineer

Lambda · San Jose, CA · 2 wk ago
HybridEngineering$185k–$290k/yrFull-time

Brief Overview

The Data Center Facility Telemetry & Controls Management Engineer plays a crucial role in managing building management systems, data center infrastructure management platforms, and facility telemetry pipelines across Lambda's expanding data center portfolio.

What You’ll Do

  • Architect and manage BMS integration across colocation and Lambda-owned facilities, covering chillers, CRAHs, CDUs, cooling towers, UPS systems, PDUs, and automatic transfer switches.

  • Define standards for BMS point lists, naming conventions, control sequences, and integration protocols (BACnet, Modbus, SNMP, OPC-UA, RESTful APIs).

  • Oversee commissioning and acceptance testing of new BMS deployments and CDU/TCS loop integrations for next-generation liquid-cooled GPU rack systems.

  • Collaborate with colocation partners to ensure telemetry data flows from provider BMS/EPMS into Lambda's monitoring stack.

DCIM & Telemetry Platform Management

  • Own the DCIM platform strategy and roadmap, evaluating, selecting, and implementing tooling for asset management, capacity planning, environmental monitoring, and power chain visibility.

  • Develop and maintain real-time dashboards for PUE, thermal performance, stranded capacity, and cooling system efficiency across all Lambda sites.

  • Build and maintain telemetry pipelines ingesting data from BMS, PDUs, in-rack sensors, CDUs, and network devices into centralized monitoring and alerting platforms (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, InfluxDB, or equivalent).

  • Define alarm thresholds and escalation workflows for critical facility events including high coolant temperatures, CDU inlet/outlet anomalies, leak detection, and power exceedances.

Liquid Cooling Controls & High-Density Operations

  • Develop control strategies and setpoint frameworks for TCS loops supporting direct liquid cooling at densities of 220–380 kW per rack.

  • Evaluate and qualify CDU vendors on controls integration capabilities, telemetry exposure, and remote management interfaces.

  • Define and enforce operational procedures for CDU commissioning, setpoint changes, loop pressure management, and fluid quality monitoring.

  • Support design and construction coordination for liquid cooling infrastructure in new data center buildouts, ensuring BMS and controls readiness at Day 1.

Operational Reliability & Incident Response

  • Establish and maintain facility event management processes, including on-call response protocols for facility telemetry anomalies.

  • Lead root cause analysis for facility system failures and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence.

  • Partner with the data center operations team to maintain and refine emergency response runbooks tied to BMS alerts and automated controls.

  • Drive continuous improvement in MTTR for facility-related events through better telemetry coverage and automated remediation.

Vendor & Stakeholder Management

  • Manage BMS integrators, DCIM vendors, and control subcontractors from RFP through design, installation, commissioning, and ongoing support.

  • Serve as the primary technical interface with colocation providers on all BMS/EPMS integration topics.

  • Collaborate with Lambda's infrastructure engineering, construction, and procurement teams to align controls requirements with facility buildout timelines.

  • Support due diligence and technical evaluation for new colocation sites and modular data center deployments from a telemetry and controls readiness perspective.

Required Experience

  • 7+ years of experience in data center infrastructure engineering, with at least 4 years focused on BMS, DCIM, or controls systems in a hyperscale, colocation, or AI/HPC environment.

  • Hands-on experience designing and integrating BMS for mission-critical facilities including UPS, PDU, CRAH/CRAC, chiller plant, cooling tower, and liquid cooling (CDU/in-row) systems.

  • Strong working knowledge of industrial control protocols: BACnet IP/MS-TP, Modbus TCP/RTU, SNMP, DNP3, and modern API-based integrations.

  • Demonstrated experience with DCIM platforms (Nlyte, Sunbird, Vertiv TRELLIS, or equivalent) including deployment, configuration, and ongoing administration.

  • Experience with real-time telemetry stacks (Prometheus, InfluxDB, Grafana, or similar) applied to infrastructure monitoring use cases.

  • Strong understanding of data center power and cooling systems, including PUE optimization, thermal management, and redundancy architectures (2N, N+1).

Preferred Qualifications

  • Direct experience with direct liquid cooling (DLC) systems, CDU controls integration, and TCS loop management for high-density AI GPU deployments (100+ kW per rack).

  • Familiarity with OCP (Open Compute Project) hardware and telemetry standards.

  • Experience working with major colocation providers (Equinix, Digital Realty, CyrusOne, etc.) on BMS/EPMS integration and data sharing agreements.

  • Exposure to modular or edge data center deployments and associated controls considerations.

  • Experience operating data centers at international scale, including Asia-Pacific or Southeast Asian markets.

  • Relevant certifications: CDCP, CDCE, ETA Data Center Specialist, or vendor-specific BMS/controls certifications.

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