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At Align, our professionals are the key to our success. We don’t just hire talent, we invest in exceptional people who are forward-thinking, results-driven, and passionate about what they do. We’re a group of tech-savvy professionals who are motivated by making an impact. Our culture is one of unbounded opportunity that celebrates the passions, skills and ideas of our team—work hard, play hard, be smart!

We believe great communities lead to great companies. That’s why we offer a dynamic workplace where you feel inspired, engaged and innovative. We offer professionals opportunities to train in the leading technologies, make an impact within the industry and acquire valuable new skills whether on client sites or in one of our regional offices.

Position Overview

Align is seeking an entry-level Engineering professional interested in launching a career in Consulting and Critical Infrastructure Analysis. This is an excellent opportunity for recent graduates to gain broad experience in Data Center Strategy, Transformation, and Project Management.

As part of our Data Center Assessment and Modernization team, you will support hands-on analysis of data center environments and their mechanical and electrical infrastructure. You’ll assist senior consultants with current-state to future-state assessments, relocation and consolidation planning, and infrastructure remediation strategies for enterprise clients.

This role is not a design position, but candidates should have a basic understanding of mechanical and/or electrical systems in data center or critical facility settings. Internship or 1–2 years of relevant experience in engineering, consulting, or data centers is helpful but not required.

If you are analytical, detail-oriented, and eager to learn the business of data center transformation, this is an outstanding opportunity to start your consulting career with a leader in the industry.

• This hybrid role is based out of our Iselin, NJ office and will work onsite approximately 2 days per week and will work remotely the other days. The position requires regular travel, based on client project requirements.
• This is a full-time position offering full benefits, a base salary in the $65K to $85K range (commensurate with experience), paid training and performance-based bonuses.

Responsibilities

The focus of the role is working with senior strategy consultants to evaluate physical data center environments and facility infrastructure to evaluate, analyze, and determine strategies and plans to remediate, move or consolidate existing infrastructure to its ideal target state.

• Learn to conduct business analysis functions, project management methodologies, and consulting best practices in the context of critical facility environments
• Support data center assessments by evaluating mechanical and electrical infrastructure and identifying opportunities for modernization and optimization to help create data center transformation strategies and plans
• Contribute to “current-state” and “future-state” analysis for enterprise clients.
• Work with senior team members to author client-facing documentation for reports, recommendations, and strategies for improving data center operations and capacity planning, including executive summary presentations, block diagrams, and technical illustrations to support facility analysis and remediation recommendations.
• Be a hands-on resource for Data Center Facility Analysis, Capacity Planning and Remediation Strategy, including walkthroughs and on-site assessments
• Utilize and lead, when applicable, all manual processes such as workshops, facility manager meetings and engineering diagram analysis to gather required infrastructure specification and data center attributes.
• Assist with the creation of Statements of Work and support the sales process.

Qualifications

In summary, Align is seeking a motivated entry-level Engineering (MEP) professional eager to start a career in Data Center Strategy, Consulting and Critical Infrastructure Analysis. Qualified individuals will be able to work successfully in fast-paced enterprise-level environments requiring exceptional written, verbal and presentation skills.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or related field).
• 1–2 years of experience in engineering, management consulting, or critical facilities assessment (preferred but not required), we would also consider a college graduate with relevant internship or educational experience
• Basic understanding of mechanical, electrical structural systems in data center or critical facility environments
• Power User with a high Level of Proficiency with PowerPoint, Excel, and Office tools to manage plans, charts, reports
• Able to work with Senior Management Consultants to understand the findings of our assessment and generate client-facing documentation, such as executive level presentations, reports and project collateral
• Strong organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in a team setting
• Eagerness to learn, grow, and build a career in data center facilities consulting and infrastructure strategy
• Must be able to travel as needed

Preferred Experience

• A basic understanding of data center functions, technologies and interdependencies would be preferred.

• Basic experience working with critical MEP infrastructure or Engineering Consulting projects, including facility assessment, feasibility studies, migration and consolidation would be a plus

To support a fair, consistent, and high-quality hiring experience, some interviews may be recorded. These recordings help our team focus fully on the conversation at hand, rather than note-taking, and allow us to better evaluate and improve our recruitment process. Recordings are used solely for internal purposes such as training, quality assurance, and process improvement. Candidates will be informed in advance and asked to provide consent before any recording takes place.

Align is a premier global provider of technology infrastructure solutions.

Align specializes in designing and deploying technology infrastructure solutions from the data center to the desktop as well as providing managed IT services for clients.

Our professional services team, which includes  and  provide strategic consulting, design, project management, engineering, implementation and support. Our best-in-class  team provides IT services and cybersecurity advisory for clients within the Alternative Investment industry. Align is a Microsoft Tier 1 Cloud Solutions Provider (CSP) and Gold Partner.

Our client centric approach and passion for driving IT innovation has enabled us to provide tailored solutions and business transformations for over three decades. Leading firms have relied on Align to provide forward-thinking technology strategies that support their current and future business needs.

Our teams have flawless track records of delivering technical solutions and have established long-standing relationships with an impressive client list of both Global 1000 and SMB clients. We work across a diverse list of industries including financial services, life sciences (pharmaceutical and health care), retail, technology, media and telecommunications.

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