Hanwha Q CELLS Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Director, Solutions Architect – Data Center Power Management to lead the development and deployment of power and energy management systems across their global data center footprint, integrating operational technology (OT) with modern cloud platforms to ensure high resilience, observability, and sustainability.
Requirements
- Strong background in designing and managing mission-critical electrical systems such as UPS, switchgear, PDUs, and on-site generation, with a focus on Tier III/IV reliability and redundancy standards.
- Proven experience developing and deploying hybrid edge-cloud systems for energy monitoring and control, preferably with Azure or similar cloud platforms.
- Hands-on experience implementing OpenTelemetry or comparable observability frameworks to enable full-stack visibility across OT and IT systems.
- Working knowledge of semantic data models such as CIM, IEC 61850, or Brick Schema, and experience with scalable device configuration, versioning, and provisioning tools.
- Strong understanding of zero-trust architecture and secure integration of OT systems (SCADA, EMS, BMS) with enterprise and cloud IT environments.
- Minimum 10 years of experience in power systems, energy infrastructure, or data center operations, with at least 5 years in a leadership or systems architecture role.
- Deep expertise in critical infrastructure, power quality, and hybrid edge-cloud system architectures, integrating operational technology (OT) with modern cloud platforms.
Responsibilities
- Lead Power and Critical Infrastructure Systems
- Oversee the planning, design, and operational governance of data center power systems including UPS, switchgear, PDUs, batteries, and on-site generation assets.
- Architect Hybrid Edge–Cloud Energy Management
- Design and deploy hybrid edge-cloud systems that combine real-time control at the edge with scalable cloud analytics on Azure or similar platforms.
- Enable Full-Stack Observability
- Standardize OpenTelemetry integration across systems to ensure consistent logs, metrics, and traces from edge devices through to the cloud.
- Secure OT/IT Integration
Other
- A bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field is required; a master’s degree is preferred.
- Minimum 10 years of experience in power systems, energy infrastructure, or data center operations, with at least 5 years in a leadership or systems architecture role.
- Partner with internal stakeholders and external vendors to guide innovation in AI/ML-based energy optimization, grid-interactive systems, and predictive maintenance.
- Contribute to long-term investment strategy and roadmap development for edge and cloud energy infrastructure.
- Incumbent must be able to successfully perform all of the functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.
