Data Center Sustainability Manager

Company Description

As Hungary’s most attractive employer in 2025 (according to Randstad’s representative survey), Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions is a subsidiary of the Deutsche Telekom Group. The company provides a wide portfolio of IT and telecommunications services with more than 5300 employees. We have hundreds of large customers, corporations in Germany and in other European countries.

DT-ITS recieved the Best in Educational Cooperation award from HIPA in 2019, acknowledged as the the Most Ethical Multinational Company in 2019. The company continuously develops its four sites in Budapest, Debrecen, Pécs and Szeged and is looking for skilled IT professionals to join its team.

Job Description

• Lead and coordinate sustainability initiatives across global data center operations.
• Drive energy efficiency programs and carbon footprint reduction measures across data center facilities.
• Plan, monitor, and support infrastructure projects covering power distribution, cooling systems, , emergency power, and building technologies.
• Ensure compliance with applicable sustainability regulations, including the EU Taxonomy Regulation, Energy Efficiency Directive (EED), and emerging data center reporting obligations.
• Coordinate sustainability reporting activities in alignment with CSRD (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive) and internal ESG reporting requirements.
• Manage data collection, validation, and reporting for energy consumption, carbon emissions, and operational efficiency metrics.
• Support compliance with the European Code of Conduct for Data Centre Energy Efficiency and coordinate submissions to relevant authorities and industry bodies.
• Develop and maintain global engineering standards, technical specifications, and sustainability guidelines for data centre infrastructure.
• Collaborate with Corporate Sustainability, ESG, and Climate Protection teams to monitor progress against climate targets and net-zero commitments.
• Identify, evaluate, and implement innovative technologies to improve Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE), Water Usage Effectiveness (WUE), and overall sustainability performance.
• Support customer sustainability assessments, audits, and decarbonization initiatives.
• Represent the organization in internal and external sustainability committees, industry working groups, and research collaborations.
• Provide sustainability and engineering expertise during presales, bid management, and customer consulting engagements.
• Support supplier evaluations and procurement activities, ensuring alignment with sustainability and regulatory requirements.
• Cooperate with international engineering and operations teams to drive continuous improvement and best practices across global data centers.

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