Senior Architect - Data Centers

Overview

SSOE is seeking a Senior Architect - Data Centers who will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of data centers and high-performance AI factories.

In this role, you will work closely with an exceptional and fully integrated staff of in-house engineering and architecture teams to ensure that these critical projects meet and exceed industry standards from scope development to commissioning and start-up. SSOE brings decades of experience in power-intensive, high-tech, and mission-critical environments throughout North America, making us an excellent choice for your next career move.

Why Join SSOE and Elevate Your Career?

At SSOE, you'll work with amazing colleagues and be part of something big! We've consistently been named a “Great Place to Work” and are experiencing the most successful years in our history. Along with industry-leading salary compensation, you'll be eligible to purchase shares in the company — shares that have significantly outperformed both the S&P and Dow averages.

What We Offer:

• A hybrid or fully remote work schedule option for this role, providing you with the flexibility to achieve work-life balance while excelling in your career.
• Competitive Salary: $120k - $150k / year depending on location, education, experience, and certifications.
• Bonus and Incentives: Eligibility for our annual target bonus/incentive program based on company and individual performance and goals.
• Ownership Opportunities: As an employee-owned firm, we offer ownership opportunities to all employees at the associate level and above. This senior associate-level role will allow you to become a shareholder of SSOE.
• Comprehensive Benefits: Health, dental, and vision insurance, life insurance, 401K retirement savings plan (with company matching), professional development and training, generous PTO, and paid holidays.

Additional Perks:

• Continuous Learning: Embrace a culture of perpetual learning where curiosity is celebrated, innovative ideas are welcomed, and your career growth aspirations are fully supported.
• Career Stability: A diversity of market sectors, project types, and geographic locations that help insulate your career from economic ups and downs.
• Career Advancement: Embark on a structured career journey with abundant opportunities for growth and advancement.
• Holistic Compensation: A holistic approach to compensation and benefits that supports your physical and mental health, encourages work-life balance, and empowers your career advancement and financial success.

SSOE – The Best of Both Worlds

At SSOE, our growth trajectory allows us to offer the opportunities normally associated with a large firm while embracing the collaborative and supportive culture often found in smaller firms. As a member of the SSOE team, you'll work on exciting and diverse projects for Fortune 100 clients around the globe, supported by the best technology for the task at hand. You'll experience our employee-centric culture that strives to offer a healthy balance, flexible working arrangements, direct access to leadership at all levels, and a continuous learning mindset. Once you experience the SSOE difference, you’ll understand the why behind our metrics:

• 28% - of our employees have been with SSOE for 10 years or more.
• 15% - percentage of employees with tenure exceeding 15 years.
• 99% - our CEO’s approval rating on Glassdoor.
• 98% - portion of our clients who say they would recommend us to a colleague.

AI and Innovation

As part of our commitment to innovation, all team members will be trained on Microsoft Copilot and empowered to use it as a core tool in their everyday work.

Responsibilities

Primary Responsibilities:

• Acts as a lead project architect and as the professional in “responsible charge” in a multi-discipline design team, overseeing a multi-location architectural production team, with strong client engagement skills.
• Responsible for the performance of the team to contracted scope, schedule and budget on medium- to large-sized data center facilities design projects. Manage technical resources to accomplish project objectives.
• Applies sound and diversified knowledge of architectural principles and practices in the data center market or related fields.
• Makes independent decisions on architectural problems, practices, and methods. Independently plans and executes tasks involving critical judgment in evaluating and selecting building materials, systems, and design methods. Devises new approaches to problems and develops substantial adaptations and modifications to standard architectural techniques and procedures.
• Exercises sound judgment to resolve problems but may receive architectural guidance on unusual or complex facility designs. May consult with the department manager or other subject matter experts concerning unusual issues.
• Knows local, state, and federal building codes, OSHA compliance requirements, and has a working knowledge of site planning, civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical engineering systems, methods, and general details.
• Assists in the integration of all disciplines of the project(s).
• Uses knowledge of architectural drafting, detailing, building materials, and construction techniques to finalize project documents for bidding, permitting, and construction purposes. Responsible for the final content of architectural project specifications.
• Responsible for the completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of the work.
• Responsible for overall quality management of the architectural team.
• Participate in managing change for deviations in scope, schedule, or professional services for the discipline.
• Meets with contractors to discuss technical aspects of project design and construction.
• Conduct field verification and site walks to identify, validate, resolve, and integrate solutions into design packages. Resolve design issues on-site during construction, as necessary.
• Contribute to business development activities as needed.
• Participate in proposal preparation activities to establish the scope of services, effort hour estimate(s), exclusions/clarifications, deliverables, and staffing/work plans to align with the project schedule.
• Travel required.

Qualifications

This is What You’ll Need on Day One:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Architecture is required, along with an NCARB Certificate, and a minimum of twelve (12) years of relevant experience.
• Registered Architect/AIA, ability to become registered in additional states.
• Experience with implementing LEED projects preferred.
• Experience with data center facilities design is required.
• Experience with Revit and AutoCAD is required. Experience with Navisworks is a plus, rendering capability and knowledge of other 3D platforms is a plus.
• Valid driver's license is required.