Equinix
Equinix
Equinix provides digital infrastructure that helps organizations connect people, platforms, and services across global ecosystems. Its offerings include data centers, colocation, interconnection, ecosystem discovery, and digital services designed to support secure, high-performance connectivity for multicloud environments. By combining low-latency networks, high bandwidth, automation, and infrastructure designed with sustainability in mind, Equinix supports digital transformation for companies in sectors including financial services, telecommunications, manufacturing, and commercial markets.

Senior Data Center Capacity Engineer — Toronto Hybrid

Plan efficient data center cage and cabinet layouts while maintaining infrastructure, capacity, and asset data. Support Equinix teams with power and cooling analysis, documentation, and customer installation planning.

Description

  • Develop standard cage and cabinet configurations that align customer needs, Equinix standards, and site constraints.
  • Produce layouts, area calculations, and diagrams for standard data center environments.
  • Improve the use of available space across data center and customer design solutions.
  • Map standard cage and cabinet configurations to electrical and mechanical infrastructure.
  • Compile cases for high-density capacity reviews.
  • Work with senior colleagues to verify and refresh infrastructure records in capacity systems.
  • Handle routine cross-functional issues and escalate matters when appropriate.
  • Coordinate with site operations to resolve discrepancies in facility and customer cage documentation.
  • Keep AutoCAD drawings and capacity records aligned with the current state of each data center.
  • Investigate and rectify moderately complex data inaccuracies.
  • Create drawings and space plans for Sales, Site Operations, and related stakeholders.
  • Design customer cage layouts for capacity assessments and installation work.
  • Prepare drawings, inventories, numbering schemes, and as-built records for underground utilities.
  • Partner with relevant teams to surface power and cooling concerns that affect available space.
  • Respond to inventory inquiries and collect input from stakeholders.
  • Assess power and cooling constraints and develop solutions of moderate complexity.
  • Serve as the initial contact for the CFR process while improving data center space efficiency.

Requirements

  • A bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering is preferred.
  • Around three or more years of experience in data center capacity planning, facilities engineering, space planning, or mission-critical infrastructure.
  • Practical proficiency with AutoCAD or comparable CAD software.
  • Experience creating and maintaining infrastructure documentation.
  • Background managing capacity or asset-management records.
  • Working knowledge of electrical and mechanical data center systems.
  • Ability to contribute to moderate-scope designs, capacity feasibility assessments, and cross-functional problem resolution.

Benefits

  • Employee Assistance Program.
  • US health, life, disability, and voluntary insurance plans.
  • US retirement plan contributions.
  • US paid time off and paid holidays.
  • Canadian healthcare, life, disability, and optional benefit plans.
  • Canadian Defined Contribution Pension Plan (DCPP).
  • Canadian Group Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP).
  • Canadian Tax-Free Savings Plan (TFSA).
  • Canadian vacation, personal leave, and paid holidays.
  • Eligibility for bonus compensation.
  • Potential equity offering, depending on the position.
  • Disability accommodations during the hiring process.

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