Data Center Urbanization & Capacity Lead

AXA Group Operations; Paris; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

AXA Group Operations seeks a Data Center Capacity & Urbanization Specialist to optimize space, power, and cooling while guiding governance and architectural consistency. You will support capacity planning, rack layouts, and DCIM tooling to enable scalable hosting environments.

Collaborating with Operations, Product teams, and project managers, you will assess feasibility and risks of infrastructure changes and provide expert guidance on urbanization topics.

Qualifications

• Experience in Data Center layout, design, space optimization, and capacity planning.
• Experience in IT asset management and Data Center operational activities, including infrastructure changes and physical environment management.

Responsibilities

• Optimize Data Center capacity by planning and improving space, power, cooling, cabling, and layouts to support current and future needs.
• Design and validate rack layouts and equipment placements complying with governance standards and architectural principles.
• Monitor capacity, density, thermal constraints, and space availability to support efficient hosting operations.
• Provide L3 expertise to support installations, relocations, decommissions, maintenance, and incident resolution related to Data Center urbanization.
• Assess large-scale deployments and major physical changes by evaluating feasibility, capacity impact, risks, and adjustments.
• Deliver recommendations, quotations, and impact estimates to support infrastructure evolution and capacity expansion.
• Administer and support SUNBIRD and other DCIM tools, ensuring accurate data, capacity modelling, reporting, and forecasting.
• Contribute to sustainability initiatives, reporting activities, and tooling improvements to enhance operational efficiency and data quality

Skills

Data Center design

Capacity planning

DCIM tooling

SUNBIRD

Cable management

Governance standards

Cross-team coordination

Collaboration with operations

Tools

SUNBIRD

Job description

AXA Group Operations seeks a Data Center Capacity & Urbanization Specialist to optimize space, power, and cooling while guiding governance and architectural consistency. You will support capacity planning, rack layouts, and DCIM tooling to enable scalable hosting environments.

Collaborating with Operations, Product teams, and project managers, you will assess feasibility and risks of infrastructure changes and provide expert guidance on urbanization topics.