Senior Data Centre Controls Engineer – Automation & Uptime

Equinix, Inc.; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Company pension plan

Subsidised lunch on location

Job summary

Equinix is seeking a Senior Controls Engineer to ensure performance, visibility and reliability of critical infrastructure across data centres. You will work with engineering, operations and technology teams to support monitoring, automation and controls, providing technical leadership across multiple sites and projects.

As a senior member, you’ll mentor teams, lead controls initiatives and contribute to continuous improvement of mission‑critical facilities while collaborating with regional

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in controls engineering, building automation and critical facilities.
• Strong troubleshooting across field devices, controllers and networks.
• Knowledge of electrical, HVAC and fire protection infrastructure.
• Experience with BACnet, Modbus and OPC communications protocols.
• Familiarity with Schneider Electric PLCs and AVEVA System Platform.
• Experience with data collection and historian platforms (Kepware, Matrikon).
• Understanding of IP networking and ability to interpret P&IDs and one-line diagrams.

Responsibilities

• Configure, onboard and validate assets, alarms and monitoring in BMS/DCIM.
• Support power circuit monitoring in BCM systems.
• Review electrical hierarchies using diagrams and schematics.
• Validate and optimise PUE and WUE; mentor engineers.
• Investigate data quality and integration issues across monitoring platforms.
• Lead root cause analyses and drive long-term actions.
• Participate in commissioning and validation of controls deployments.
• Collaborate with vendors, system integrators and site teams.
• Share knowledge and develop technical documentation.

Skills

Controls engineering

Building automation

Industrial controls

Troubleshooting

Electrical systems

HVAC controls

IP networking

P&ID interpretation

BACnet/Modbus/OPC

Schneider PLCs

AVEVA System Platform

Kepware

Matrikon

Tools

Schneider PLCs

AVEVA System Platform

Kepware

Matrikon

BACnet/Modbus/OPC

Job description

Equinix is seeking a Senior Controls Engineer to ensure performance, visibility and reliability of critical infrastructure across data centres. You will work with engineering, operations and technology teams to support monitoring, automation and controls, providing technical leadership across multiple sites and projects.

As a senior member, you’ll mentor teams, lead controls initiatives and contribute to continuous improvement of mission‑critical facilities while collaborating with regional