Systems Architect - Global Data Center Segment - IT Module
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Eaton 's Global Data Center Segment is one of the company's fastest-growing and most strategic businesses, helping power the digital economy. As cloud computing, AI, and high-density compute environments continue to accelerate, data centers face increasing demands for performance, resiliency, sustainability, and speed-to-market. Leveraging a broad portfolio of power, cooling, software, services, and infrastructure solutions, Eaton helps customers deploy scalable, integrated data center architectures that meet today's needs while preparing for the future.
Position Summary
Eaton is seeking a Senior Systems Architect – IT Module to join the Data Center Architecture Team .
This senior technical leadership role will define and drive the architecture of the data center IT Module (white space) , including high-density power distribution, cooling integration, rack infrastructure, modular deployment strategies, and pod-level system design. The position serves as the primary systems integrator across white space components, ensuring scalable, repeatable, and optimized designs that enable rapid deployment of compute capacity for hyperscale, colocation, enterprise, and next-generation AI data centers.
As a key member of the Data Center Architecture Team, you will help develop end-to-end reference architectures and collaborate directly with customers to shape future data center solutions.
What you’ll do:
Be knowledgeable of current trends and innovate the market.
Identify and build positive relationships with all account decision-makers and influencers who impact current or future business with Eaton .
Gain an in-depth understanding of the client development and buying process and be able to articulate it effectively.
Perform VoC by understanding and capturing clients' challenges and requirements and resolve them by co-designing to help evolving Eaton 's portfolio.
Ensure an effective handover to Global Product Lines and Business Units so that they develop the right portfolio to respond to large customers’ requirements. Support the application engineers in charge of key accounts in implementing your designs for specific customers.
Maintain oversight of all advanced engineering-related engagements to ensure customer success and satisfaction, as well as Eaton 's performance as a vendor.
Be highly knowledgeable about the client's business, commercial condition, structure, strategy, operations, and challenges. Articulate this knowledge in terms of opportunity, growth, and risk with respect to Eaton 's business.
Be highly knowledgeable about Eaton 's products, services, general business, structure, strategy, and operations. Articulate this knowledge in terms of value to the client's business.
Act as an effective advocate and communicator of the benefits of supporting your proposed architecture within the Eaton organization.
Act as an effective advocate and communicator of the benefits of supporting Eaton within the client engineering organization.
Collaborate effectively with other sales and stakeholders at the function, country, region, and global levels. Provide and gain support so others can meet their responsibilities to the account.
Provide all internal stakeholders and functional departments with the account-specific guidance and insights required to execute their roles and add value to the client.
Build a multi-lane bridge between Eaton and the client organization. This may include GPL leaders, Engineering leaders, Product line managers, BU Engineers, BDM, Marketing, PMO, Services, Sales Operations & Order Management, Supply Chain, Leadership & Executive Management.
Work with the Segment Marketing team to create white papers and other technical material to promote our desig