Data Center Urbanization Officer

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

Help shape efficient and sustainable Data Center environments by optimizing space, power, and cooling resources. You contribute to capacity planning, infrastructure evolution, governance, and operational excellence while supporting future-ready hosting capabilities.

Main missions

Your Responsibilities Include :

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

Expected Skills & Experience

We are looking for someone with the following experience and skills:

Experience

• 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

Technical Skills

• Knowledge of Data Center cooling and power management.
• Ability to plan future expansion and scalability of Data Center environments.
• Proficiency in cable management and equipment/space optimization.
• Skills in updating configuration and infrastructure documentation.
• Knowledge of general Data Center processes and DCIM tooling, including SUNBIRD.
• Ability to coordinate several teams.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with Operations, Product teams, project managers, and other stakeholders.
• Ability to assess feasibility, capacity impacts, and risks related to infrastructure changes.
• Ability to apply and maintain governance standards and architectural consistency.
• Ability to provide expert guidance and operational support on urbanization-related topics.