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.