Data Center Design Governance Lead

About the role

The Data Center Design Governance Lead will own the design‑review and quality‑gate process for mission‑critical facilities in Syria. Reporting on‑site, you will act as the design authority, ensuring every data‑center concept meets the required Uptime Institute tier, standards and client specifications before procurement.

Key responsibilities

• Manage the end‑to‑end design‑review process, guiding each High‑Level Design (HLD) through structured checkpoints.
• Validate that designs trace cleanly to the requirements document and reject non‑conforming proposals.
• Maintain independence from design production while reviewing internal and external design teams.
• Verify resilience through single‑line diagrams, redundancy topology, concurrent maintainability and single‑point‑of‑failure analysis.
• Assess critical power (AC/DC) and cooling concepts, heat‑rejection redundancy, equipment selection and Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE).
• Confirm compliance with Tier III/IV targets and standards such as TIA‑942, EN 50600 and ASHRAE thermal guidelines.
• Issue design comments and Non‑Conformance Reports (NCR) and track them to closure.
• Provide design‑assurance input for technical specifications, RFPs and bid evaluations.
• Chair design‑change boards, analyse change requests and define acceptance criteria for commissioning levels L1‑L5.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering (Master’s preferred).
• 10‑12 years of experience in data‑center or mission‑critical facility design, including 4‑5 years in design‑review or owner‑engineer roles.
• Proven track record delivering at least one Tier III or higher facility from concept through commissioning.
• Strong knowledge of Uptime Institute tier topology, TIA‑942, EN 50600 and ASHRAE standards.

Required skills

• Uptime Institute tier methodology
• TIA‑942 data‑center standard
• EN 50600 standard
• ASHRAE thermal guidelines
• Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) analysis
• High‑Level Design (HLD) review
• Single‑line diagram and redundancy topology analysis
• Critical power (AC/DC) and cooling design