NOTE: This job is not for a full-time employee role.

We are paying $200 to $300 an hour to interview subject-matter experts about the design and development of data centers, especially focusing on the collaborative effort between IT, facilities, and business stakeholders to create an optimal environment for housing critical computing infrastructure.

Ideal candidates will have worked at:

• Data Center Providers: Large data center providers like Equinix, Digital Realty, and CyrusOne specialize in designing, building, and operating data center facilities. These companies offer colocation services, allowing businesses to rent space for their IT equipment within the data center
• Cloud Service Providers: Major cloud companies like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform design and build massive hyperscale data centers to support their cloud services.
• Enterprise Companies: Some large enterprises with significant computing needs choose to design and build their own private data centers. Companies like Facebook and Apple have invested in constructing custom data center facilities to meet their specific requirements.
• Data Center Design Firms: Specialized architectural and engineering firms focus on data center design. These companies provide expertise in areas like power systems, cooling, network infrastructure, and overall facility layout.
• Technology Vendors: Major IT hardware and software companies like Dell, HPE, Cisco, and IBM offer data center design services and reference architectures to support their products.

This role will support our research, publishing, and strategy services.

• Contribute remotely through simple, one-hour interviews. We’re looking for you to provide industry insights. We can do that quickly and easily through scheduled interviews. You share your knowledge and expertise. There is no obligation beyond that.
• Share your input. We form our perspective. Your insights are one of many inputs we use to develop our independent perspective internally for our projects. Your insights will not be used directly in our projects or shared with our clients.
• You are paid once the interview is complete.
• Keep your day job (or stay retired) and receive supplemental pay. Your engagement with Lifecycle Insights doesn’t change your current employment state. Keep doing what you are doing, whether that includes working full-time for another company or enjoying retirement. We’ll provide payment for your contributions.
• Set up to avoid conflicts of interest. Our engagement with you will focus on the business dynamics and trends, processes and practices, roles and responsibilities, organizational structures, and types of solutions in the industry. We will not broach or discuss anything related to your employer. Share this engagement with your employer as appropriate.
• We get started with a short interview. To ensure there is a good fit, we’ll have a short discussion to ensure the engagement works for both parties. If it is a fit, we’ll proceed to get a limited contractor agreement in place and paid projects.

Responsibilities

• Respond to interview requests promptly, within two business days.
• Attend scheduled interviews, participating through online platforms like Zoom.
• Answer interview questions to the best of your ability without sharing any information about your current employer’s efforts in the industry.