Who are we?
Equinix is the world's digital infrastructure company, operating over 250data centersacross the globe. Digital leaders harness Equinix's trustedplatform to bring together and interconnect foundational infrastructure atsoftware speed. Equinix enables organizations to access all the rightplaces, partners and possibilities to scale with agility, speed the launchof digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply theirvalue, while supporting their sustainability goals.
Joining our operations team means that you will be at the forefront of all wedo, maintaining critical facilities infrastructure as part of a close-knitteam delivering best-in-class service to our data center customers. We embracediversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providinganequitable work environment that is foundational to our core values as acompany and is vital to our success.
Capacity Engineer
Job SummaryThe Capacity Engineer Senior Associate resolves a variety of datamanagement, design, and drawings for installations within a moderatescope. The primary focus of this roll will be the creation,interpretation, and distribution of CFD models in support of businessactivitie
ResponsibilitiesMechanical Engineering
Completes Power Utilization Effectiveness (PUE) calculations forfacilities with input from Capacity Engineers and Site Operations
Assists Capacity Engineers with assessment of high-power density customerdeployments
Review impact of containment walls and privacy screens on facility coolingsystem performance
Space Planning & Design
Creates standard Cage-Cabinet design options that respond to moderate customerrequirements, Equinix requirements and physical site constraints
Prepares notional Cage-Cabinet layouts, area calculations and diagrams foreach individual standard data center within a moderate scope
Maximizes space utilization to develop the best design solution for the datacenter and the customer
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Creates CFD models in support of regular sales activities, projectjustifications, and for troubleshooting of thermal issues arising within ourfacilities
Works collaboratively with peers to perform reviews of models built by othersand provide constructive feedback
Engineering
Utilizes developed knowledge of electrical/mechanical infrastructure tonotionally attribute standard Cage-Cabinet designs against data centerinfrastructure within a moderate scope
Utilizes developing skills in preparing high-density review cases
Works with more senior members in the validation and updating of data centerinfrastructure data within capacity systems
Problem Solving
Solves standard, cross-functional issues that span multiple groups
Uses developing skills to identify and understand underlying issues
Understands when and to whom to escalate
Data & Drawing Management
Works with site operations to address discrepancies with documentation offacility infrastructure and installation of customer cages within a moderatescope
Ensures that AutoCAD drawings and capacity systems correctly representexisting status of the data center within a moderate scope
Identifies and make corrections as necessary
Identifies and leads the investigation of moderate data issues with thesupport of senior staff
Produces developed drawings and space plans for use by Sales, Site Operationand other teams
Creates spatial layouts of each customer cage which are used by the othercapacity teams for their reviews, and by the Sales Engineers and site teamsfor customer installations
Drawing and inventory preparation, which may be reviewed by more seniormembers