Principal Architect - Mission Critical Engineering; Digital Delivery & Asset Integration

Position: Principal Architect - Mission Critical Engineering (Digital Delivery & Asset Integration)
Location: Greater London

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- Mission Critical Engineering (Digital Delivery & Asset Integration)
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** About Vantage Data Centers
** Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands.
** Mission Critical Engineering (MCE) Team
** As an integral part of the EMEA Development Group within the CTO organisation, the MCE team serves as the technical authority and engineering lead during pre-construction. The team defines and governs the design brief, performance requirements, and engineering standards, ensuring solutions are resilient, compliant, and aligned with Vantage’s scaling strategy.

MCE leads consultant and contractor technical engagement, establishes robust technical baselines, and drives informed engineering decisions to optimise cost, programme, and performance. The team ensures design solutions are buildable, scalable, and aligned across all disciplines, integrating CSA, MEP, ICT, and Security requirements into a coordinated and constructible  parallel, MCE leads and drives product and platform development initiatives, including standardisation, OFCI, and DFMA strategies, enabling repeatable, high-quality infrastructure delivery across the EMEA portfolio.

Through strong governance, technical assurance, and continuous improvement, MCE enables efficient, safe, and predictable project outcomes and supports speed to market and capital efficiency.
** Position Overview
** Vantage is seeking a Principal Architect
- Digital & Asset Integration to join the Mission Critical Engineering (MCE) team within the CTO organisation in EMEA.  This Principal-level role integrates architectural design authority with digital information governance and end-to-end lifecycle design, data integrity, and asset intelligence across Vantage’s EMEA portfolio.

This role is responsible for delivering data-driven, platform-based data centre solutions across the EMEA portfolio, ensuring continuity from early-stage design through to operations. It establishes the frameworks, standards, and governance required to enable structured digital delivery, modern methods of construction (or DfMA), and operational asset integration.

Operating at a regional EMEA level, the role defines and assures:
* Architectural design strategy and platform standardisation
* Information governance aligned to ISO 19650
* Digital delivery assurance and portfolio-wide consistency
* Lifecycle digital asset integration and operational readiness
* Data environments supporting analytics, AI, and digital twin enablement
** Key Responsibilities
**** Architectural & Platform Design Leadership
*** Lead architectural scope across early-stage development (WS0–WS2), including feasibility, test fits, and concept design
* Define and evolve scalable, repeatable design solutions aligned to platform strategy and standardisation objectives
* Integrate CSA, MEP, ICT, and Security requirements into coordinated, buildable solutions.
* Contribute to product and platform development, including modularisation and DfMA strategies
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