Capacity Engineer Senior Associate

Capacity Engineer Senior Associate

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company, operating 245+ data centers across the globe and providing interconnections to all the key clouds and networks. Businesses need one place to simplify and bring together fragmented, complex infrastructure that spans private and public cloud environments. Our global platform allows customers to place infrastructure wherever they need it and connect it to everything they need to succeed.

We are a fast-growing global company with 70+ quarters of growth. Through our innovative portfolio of high-performance products and services, we have created the largest, most active global ecosystem of 10,000+ companies, including 2,000+ networks and 3,000 cloud and IT service providers in 32 countries spanning six continents.

A career at Equinix means you will collaborate on work that impacts the world and be surrounded by endless opportunities to learn new skills and grow in varied directions. We embrace diversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providing an equitable work environment. that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success.

Responsibilities

• Simulations of single and multi-storey complex data centres

• Modelling different scenarios or changes and seeing how they affect the cooling effectiveness under normal working conditions and during failure scenarios.

• CFD Modelling of high- and low-density cabinets, under-floor ventilation systems, racks, servers, PDU's, CRAC's, fans and diffusers.

• Prepare technical reports, specifications, detailed briefs.

• Liaise with the Mechanical and Electrical Engineers and ensure an integrated solution is adopted.

• Assisting in increasing the reputation of CFD within the business

• Contribute to capacity optimization projects and specific customer requests

• Support on standardization & automation wherever possible

• Reporting & Analytics

• Basic level of understanding of responsibility & accountability of Capacity Management

• Supporting individual Capacity Team members as required

Qualifications

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience

• Experienced in CFD modelling & analytics (ideally 6SigmaDCX)

• Reporting knowledge (Excel, desired Power-Bi, ideally: Tableau) 

• Technical Writer skills desired 

• “Flexibility that focus/working time for different supporting task can change”

• Accomplishment to work an integrate in a diverse team where people appreciate and support each other

• Ability to learn and use tools for spatial imagination (ideally basic AutoCAD experience)

• Driver to understand the background and consequences of actions in a bigger picture

• Motivation to directly engage with different stakeholders 

• Identify, analyse, prioritize and solve challenges where different stakeholder needs are competing

• Ideally knowledge in agile working & agile working tools (optimally Jira)

• Above all, a great willingness to learn more and grow in this role and as a person

Equinix is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability.