# Principal Engineer - Security & Controls (Data Centers)

Work with Us. Change the World. At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations. There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world. We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us. The Principal I&C Engineer is a senior technical leader responsible for the development, governance, and delivery of industrial automation, control systems, SCADA, EPMS, BMS, PLC/DCS, and OT/IT network solutions for mission-critical data center projects worldwi

- **Id**: 3488867
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/aecom-principal-engineer-security-controls-data-centers-5>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Medellín, Colombia
- **Countries**: CO
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-29T20:43:32Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-29
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T20:12:19Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 10
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 9429
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Flexible schedule, Relocation assistance, Retirement plans
- **Relocation offered**: yes
- **Industries**: Civil & Structural Engineering, Urban Planning, Architecture, Engineering Services

## Company

- **Id**: 3394
- **Name**: AECOM
- **Domain**: aecom.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/aecom>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: SmartRecruiters

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 74
- **Open postings**: 731
- **Ghost share**: 0.021
- **Stale share**: 0.969
- **Repost share**: 0.021
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 35
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 29000
- **Max usd**: 86000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: global_role_cell_scaled_by_country
- **Sample n**: 2257

## Technologies

- **AutoCAD** — Optional: no
- **Design Controls** — Optional: no
- **DNP3** — Optional: no
- **FMEA** — Optional: no
- **IEC 61850** — Optional: no
- **MQTT** — Optional: no
- **OPC UA** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 10

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: Upper-Intermediate (B2); Optional: no

## Hiring locations

- **Colombia** — Iso: CO; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-10-29T22:39:10Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.628
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 9
- **Expected fill days**: 35
- **Reasons**: conf:1, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

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