Data Center Engineer - Lansing, Michigan - Onsite

Job Description:

Mode of interview: Skype + F2F

Job Summary:

The Data Center Engineer will serve as a customer-facing technical lead supporting MSU IT’s data center migration efforts. This role will coordinate migration activities across Infrastructure, networking, and stakeholder teams; develop and maintain migration plans; track dependencies, risks, timelines, and facilitate communication with customers and technical teams. The engineer will support planning, execution, validation, troubleshooting, and post-migration activities to ensure systems are transitioned safely, efficiently, and with minimal disruption. Success requires strong technical judgment, project coordination, customer communication, and the ability to manage multiple concurrent migration efforts in a complex IT environment.

Required Qualifications:

• Experience supporting or leading data center migration projects.
• Strong understanding of data center infrastructure, including servers, storage, networking, and IT systems.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional technical teams and managing project dependencies.
• Ability to develop and maintain migration plans, schedules, and project documentation.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent customer-facing communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Experience identifying project risks, managing issues, and coordinating mitigation activities.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and concurrent migration initiatives.