Network & Controls Engineer (Data Centers)

Location: Dallas, TX; hybrid schedule with periodic travel to campuses, vendors, and project sites.

Company

hirify.global develops digital asset infrastructure and data center infrastructure for AI and high-performance computing workloads, including its Helios campus in Texas.

What you will do

• Define the owner’s OT network position and create repeatable standards, typical details, and design packages for data center campuses.
• Develop technical scopes and support RFQ/RFP cycles, bid leveling, vendor selection, procurement, and delivery planning.
• Review design milestones for topology, IP/VLAN planning, segmentation, redundancy, monitoring, and OT/IT boundaries.
• Coordinate with electrical, mechanical, IT, security, construction, operations, design firms, integrators, and suppliers.
• Define firewall, VPN, vendor and tenant access, acceptance, factory, site, failover, and integrated systems testing requirements.
• Support budgets, GMP pricing, schedules, equipment submittals, commissioning handoff, and operational procedures.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, network engineering, or a related technical field.
• 7+ years designing, delivering, and supporting OT or industrial networks where downtime is unacceptable, including data centers, utilities, manufacturing, or other critical facilities.
• Experience with segmented network design, including VLAN and VRF strategy, access control, and redundant paths.
• Understanding of building management, electrical power monitoring, and SCADA architectures, including time synchronization and telemetry from power and cooling equipment.
• Practical experience with firewalls, VPNs, and secure remote access in OT environments.
• Experience reading drawings and specifications, reviewing design submissions, and writing technical scopes, preferably from an owner’s or designer’s side of a large capital project.
• Exposure to commissioning and acceptance testing, with the ability to convert field lessons into future requirements.
• Comfort working with incomplete information and making decisions at different project stages.
• Based in or near Dallas, TX, available for a hybrid schedule and periodic travel.

Nice to have

• Strong written and verbal communication with engineers, executives, and vendors.
• Experience developing RFQs and RFPs, leveling bids, or selecting vendors for technical scopes.
• Working knowledge of GMP delivery models and the effect of design decisions on cost and schedule.
• Professional networking or security credentials such as CCNP, PCNSE, GICSP, or ISA/IEC 62443.
• Experience supporting multiple sites or campuses and maintaining consistency between them.
• Sound judgment under pressure and willingness to raise issues early and disagree openly.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements with paid flexible time off.
• Competitive base salary and discretionary bonus.
• 3% 401(k) company contribution, company-paid health and protective benefits, and family planning benefits for US employees.
• Generous paid parental leave, employee resource groups, and Headspace coaching and counseling.
• Learning opportunities in the crypto industry, with daily snacks and weekly breakfasts or lunches.