ICT Technical Lead – Data Center Infrastructure

ICT Technical Lead – Data Center Infrastructure

Job Title:

ICT Technical Lead – Data Center Infrastructure (OSP/ISP)

Company:
Cerami & Associates

Location:

Northeast US, centered on New York City

Reports To:

Principal, New York Regional Office

FLSA Status:
Exempt

Salary: $160,000 - $190,000 per year

The successful candidate will manage a team and oversee the design of outside plant (OSP) and inside plant (ISP) pathways and cabling systems on large-scale, multi-building data center campus projects for hyperscale clients. This role requires ensuring design quality, consistency, and on-time delivery of client projects.

• Serve as the technical touchpoint for OSP and ISP pathways and cabling design on assigned data center campus projects.
• Function as design lead for underground duct banks, vaults, building entrances, and campus fiber/copper distribution and inside plant systems including cable tray, ladder rack, equipment layouts, backbone and horizontal cabling.
• Review and approve design packages, ensuring compliance with client standards, constructability, and long-term scalability.
• Coordinate with civil, structural, electrical, mechanical, and BIM teams to resolve complex cross-discipline issues.
• Guide team members through design challenges related to interdisciplinary coordination, redundancy, diversity, and future expansion.
• Support client engagement, technical workshops, and design reviews.
• Translate client operational requirements into buildable designs.
• Perform quality assurance reviews of deliverables.

• Personnel Management
• Team and individual personnel management.
• Constant interaction with team members working on multiple projects.
• Communicate and work closely with the management team (NYC based), account executive.
• Project Management
• Continuous oversight and supervision of assigned data center projects, from proposal and resource assignment, programming and design, through construction administration and testing/commissioning.
• Manage and attend client and other stakeholder meetings and oversee completion of tasks, development of deliverables, and execution of construction supervision.
• Monitor and supervise development of project deliverables along the milestone schedules and timelines of multiple projects.
• Manage project priorities to ensure consistent design and deliverables between different projects.
• Track and monitor all projects against budgeted hours - shift workflows and resource allocations as necessary.
• Manage and monitor hours logged to client projects to ensure accurate invoicing.
• Develop and execute QA/QC plans.

• Experience in ICT infrastructure design, with demonstrable experience on large data center or mission-critical campus projects.
• Deep expertise in OSP pathways and cabling (duct banks, manholes, diverse routing, campus fiber systems).
• Strong expertise in ISP pathways and cabling (tray/ladder rack systems, equipment layouts, backbone and distribution cabling).
• Proven ability to lead technical teams, perform design reviews, and resolve complex infrastructure challenges.
• Thorough knowledge of industry standards and codes (TIA, BICSI, and NEC).
• Strong communication skills with the ability to interface effectively with clients, contractors, and internal stakeholders.
• BS in Engineering and RCDD certification (preferred).
• 8-15+ years of demonstrable technical skills and people/team management.
• Strong and demonstrable project management experience.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, both oral and written.
• Understanding of construction documentation and CAD/BIM workflows/standards.
• Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced, team-based environment.

• Leadership role on large and advanced data center campus projects.
• Collaborative, high-performance design environment with long-term career advancement opportunities.

• Regularly required to sit, use hands, and communicate verbally.
• Occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms.
• Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.