Capacity Engineer SME

Description

• With guidance able to identify the needs of stakeholders to keep them informed
• Works with site operations in discrepancy of documentations of added infrastructure in facilities and any special / complex installation of customer cages
• Leads site teams to ensure data and CAD drawings accurately reflect the site installations
• Prepare and performs high-density review cases engaging with other SME's or local sites where required
• Make recommendations to data center business owners to optimize data center efficiency and utilization for complex solutioning
• Performs the validation and updating of data center infrastructure data within capacity systems.
• Assists with customer behavior modeling and tool development·
• Solves complex, cross-functional issues with business implications that span multiple groups
• Leads/coaches others to solve special/complex Drawing Management issues
• Acts as a SME and provides direction to entry and intermediate planners as required to analyze and resolve out-of-process technical problems
• Maximizes space utilization to develop the best expert design solutions for the data center and the customer
• Prepares notional Cage-Cabinet layouts, area calculations and diagrams for each individual data center and those sites that require Senior SME level requiring broad solutioning support
• Identifies unique issues or constraints in infrastructure capacity and prepares notional solutions for review by management
• Leads the investigation of complex data issues without support
• Assessing existing and to be build data center designs in order to determine design limitations for all colocation spaces and infrastructure topology levels
• Acts as a mentor in solving complex unique space planning issues
• Acts as a mentor to Supervisor, Capacity Management and below to solve complex engineering issues
• Ensures that AutoCAD drawings represent what is installed at the site
• Captures a list of project risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies for their project
• Responsible for overall capacity reporting and validation of capacity utilization reports
• Partners with capacity engineers (CE) to act as SME for load fail-over analysis
• Communicates with a broader group of stakeholders beyond the capacity team
• Takes the lead to solve complex issues with business leads and mitigate the risks
• Provides and validates test-fits for new data center developments for unique solutioning
• Proactively leads the data center business to solve unique problems

Requirements

• Ability to present technical discoveries and operational needs to business level stakeholders.
• Demonstrated subject matter expertise in data center infrastructure, typically 10+ years experience
• Can deal with complex data errors for complex installations and involves Business Leads to mitigate risks and to solve Equinix most critical data errors
• Preference will be given to candidates who have previously held data center capacity engineering positions
• Demonstrated proficiency in assessing mechanical and electrical plant designs and capacities
• A subject matter expert (SME) of complex and unique Cage-Cabinet design options that respond to customer requirements, Equinix requirements and physical site constraints, as well as finding design solutions for issues that have escalated to a high management level
• Used broad expert knowledge of skills to identify and understands underlying issues
• proficient in assessing mechanical and electrical plant designs and capacities.
• The communication tools and templates used (i.e. emails, status reports) require approval and feedback from more senior colleagues
• SME of electrical/mechanical infrastructure to notionally attribute unique Cage-Cabinet designs against data center infrastructure within a broad ranged scope
• Awareness of key stakeholders across functional areas, and is able to map out stakeholder lists
• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or a related engineering discipline preferred

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance