Data Center Infrastructure Advisor (Freelance)

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Berlin (Hybrid / On-site) | Freelance / Contract Basis | Loadwise.ai About Loadwise Data centers are rapidly growing electricity consumers, especially AI/HPC. Loadwise connects data center infrastructure to energy markets and grid signals to optimize cost and carbon. The engagement incumbent tools were built for a stable grid; that grid is gone.

We are building for volatility, flexibility demands, and AI-scale loads. We seek a Data Center Infrastructure Advisor as the facility reality check for the platform—hands‑on experience in live facilities required. Typical engagement: ~3–5 days/month, flexible by phase.

What You’ll Work On Operational Grounding & Product Direction Review product/integration decisions from an operator perspective Define what “good” looks like for core integrations (cooling, power, automation) Help prioritize features by operational impact and feasibility Integration Acceleration Guide engineering through vendor quirks, undocumented APIs, and real‑world protocol behavior Design integration pathways fitting operational and security constraints Support early customer deployments and troubleshooting Customer & Partner Engagement Participate in technical customer conversations to accelerate trust Feed vendor ecosystem/operational insights into product and commercial decisions Example Problems Should UPS systems ever be cycled for DR or optimization?

What telemetry is available from DCIM platforms (e.g., Schneider EcoStruxure, Vertiv)? How to adjust SLAs to enable flexibility without compromising reliability?

What We’re Looking For Data Center Operations Direct experience running/scaling live data center environments Familiarity with facility management systems Experience with power distribution, UPS, generators, cooling, redundancy Customer & SLA Perspective Understand how operations interact with uptime guarantees and SLAs (colo, hyperscale/cloud, HPC research, vertically integrated compute) Technical Breadth Read/reason about integration schematics, control sequences, system architectures Comfortable in architecture discussions with software engineers Collaboration & Mindset Explain operational realities clearly and challenge assumptions constructively Curiosity about software making DC infrastructure more efficient and responsive What We Offer Flexible Engagement: freelance/fractional; open to day rate, contract, or project-based. #J-18808-Ljbffr