BMS Systems Architect

Manager – BMS Architecture & Standards (Global Innovations & Solutions)

Location: Ashburn, VA or Dallas, TX

Your Role

The Manager – BMS Architecture & Standards plays a critical role in supporting and advancing Digital Realty's global Building Management System (BMS) strategy across our expanding data center portfolio. This role bridges the gap between global architecture standards and real-world operational deployment, ensuring BMS solutions are scalable, reliable, secure, and aligned with business objectives.

Working closely with Operations, Engineering, Technology, and vendor partners, you will help drive standardization, support innovation initiatives, and continuously improve BMS platform capabilities to enhance operational excellence across a global environment.

What You'll Do

• Support the implementation, adoption, and continuous evolution of global BMS architecture standards across Digital Realty's data center portfolio.
• Partner with Operations, Engineering, and Technology teams to align BMS standards with business and operational requirements.
• Participate in design reviews and contribute to the development of engineering guidelines and best practices.
• Evaluate and support proof-of-concept (POC) initiatives for new technologies, alarming strategies, and controls solutions.
• Collaborate with global BMS support teams to gather feedback and identify opportunities for standardization and continuous improvement.
• Work with vendors and integrators to ensure consistent delivery standards and high-quality solutions.
• Support the maintenance, optimization, and modernization of existing BMS platforms.
• Promote operational excellence by improving platform performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Assist in developing technical documentation, standards, and implementation procedures.
• Support cross-functional initiatives involving controls systems, monitoring platforms, and facility technologies.

What You'll Need

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Controls Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline.
• 5-8 years of experience working with Building Management Systems (BMS) in critical facilities or data center environments.
• Strong knowledge of leading BMS platforms such as Schneider Electric, Siemens, Honeywell, or similar systems.
• Experience with BACnet, Modbus, and other industrial communication protocols.
• Understanding of system integrations between BMS, monitoring, and facility management platforms.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work across global teams.
• Experience supporting technical standards, governance processes, and operational procedures.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced and evolving environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting global data center operations and international BMS standards.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity best practices for BMS, OT, and controls environments.
• Professional certifications related to BMS, controls engineering, automation, or related technologies.
• Experience working with large-scale critical infrastructure environments.

A Bit About Us

Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company's global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx®) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents.

To learn more about Digital Realty, please visit Digital Realty or follow us on LinkedIn.

A Bit About Our Team

Technology & Innovation

Our Technology & Innovation team strives to innovate alongside our customers and empower their businesses to thrive. We work closely with our customers to develop insights-based, data-driven technical solutions and differentiated value propositions on PlatformDIGITAL® across the world. Operating in almost 50 cities globally means we understand how rapidly the world is evolving, so we've built a best-in-class development model to qualify, package, and enable cloud-to-core-to-edge hybrid IT solutions. Our deep technical heritage, combined with our global footprint, means the Technology & Innovation team can create and deploy services and solutions that are at the heart of the digital economy.

What We Can Offer You

Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers.

Join us and you'll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. As part of our team, you'll get to work with people from different business areas, challenge the way we do things and put your ideas into action. We'll also give you plenty of development opportunities so you can build a rewarding and successful career with us.

Apply today, take charge of your career and grow your talents with us.

Health and Safety

Safety isn't just a priority here at Digital Realty; it's critical to everything we do. Safeguarding lives, protecting assets, and securing data aren't just ideals, they're essential pillars of our commitment to excellence for our people, our partners, and our customers. We have a culture of care where every member of Team Digital embraces a relentless pursuit of working safely across Digital Realty. Together we are Safely Powering Progress.

Our Compensation Philosophy

Digital Realty offers its employees a highly competitive compensation package, excellent benefits, and an environment that recognizes and rewards your contributions. Central to our compensation philosophy is rewarding our employees for achieving the values and objectives aligned to the company's overall goals and values.

Compensation Range

Our published pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum target for new hire pay for the full-time position determined by role, level, and geographical location. Individual pay is based on additional factors including but not limited to job-related skills, experience, and relevant education and/or training. Moreover, an employee's total compensation package varies by role and may include salary, cash bonus, and equity awards not quantified below.

Compensation Range: $120,000 - $130,000 annually

Benefits: For this role, benefits include medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, 401(k) match, disability benefits, wellness and education benefits, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off, holidays, and more.