Data Center Capacity Engineer

Meta; Forest City (NC); On-site; USD 84,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Meta seeks a Data Center Capacity Engineer to plan, analyze, and optimize capacity across its global data center fleet. You will translate demand forecasts into deployment strategies, ensuring reliable support for billions of users while collaborating with infrastructure, network, and operations teams.

You will lead capacity projects, build cross-functional relationships, and drive data-driven improvements to maximize efficiency, resiliency, and scalability in large-scale environments.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in capacity planning, demand and supply management, production planning, or operations planning.
• BS, BA, or BEng in a relevant field, or equivalent experience or certification.
• Experience in process ownership and development, and in systems development.
• Knowledge of enterprise-level networking, server, and storage installs.
• Understanding of data center infrastructure systems and applications across related industries.
• Ability to communicate effectively and tailor messages to the audience.
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems at scale.

Responsibilities

• Own capacity workflows (receiving, moves, decommissions) and drive cross-functional collaboration to meet demands.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to implement strategies improving data center operations.
• Translate capacity demands into local site plans for rapid capacity delivery.
• Lead cross-functional data center teams on capacity projects considering production resiliency, power, cooling, network, and servers.
• Build relationships and influence policies to improve regional/global data center operations.
• Share best practices and establish standard practices for innovation, collaboration and safety.
• Drive alignment of capacity, engineering, and operational initiatives across partners.
• Perform data analytics, identify inefficiencies, and drive resolution to maintain uptime.
• Create or improve standards and roadmaps for automation in deployment and decommissioning of server hardware.
• Work with Meta hardware/software teams to resolve complex issues affecting computing infrastructure.
• Share knowledge and guide capacity team members globally.
• Demonstrate knowledge of cooling, power, and networking as it relates to capacity.

Skills

Capacity planning

Demand management

Operations planning

Infrastructure management

Communication skills

Problem solving

Scalability thinking

Education

BS/BA/BEng in relevant field

Tools

SQL

Python

Job description

Meta is seeking a Data Center Capacity Engineer to support the planning, analysis, and optimization of server and infrastructure capacity across our global data center fleet. In this role, you will work at the intersection of site operations and capacity planning, translating demand forecasts and utilization data into actionable deployment strategies that ensure Meta's data centers can reliably support billions of users. You will collaborate with infrastructure, network, and operations teams to align capacity supply with business demand, identify bottlenecks, and drive efficient use of compute, storage, and power resources across large-scale data center environments.

Data Center Capacity Engineer Responsibilities

• Overall accountability for capacity workflows (receiving, moves, decommissions), facilitating collaboration among various cross-functional partners to meet capacity demands
• Collaborate closely with key stakeholders and partners to implement strategies and drive initiatives that lead to meaningful improvements in support of data center operations. Maintain consistent touchpoints with key XFN partners across data centers
• Analyze business capacity demands and translate that data into local plans to enable rapid delivery of capacity to the site
• Plan, lead and collaborate with cross-functional data center teams to deliver complex data center infrastructure capacity projects in support of Meta’s growth, considering the interdependencies of production resiliency, power, cooling, network, server and application layers
• Build cross-functional relationships and have the ability to influence policies and procedures to improve regional/global data center operations
• Implement and share best practices across all global data centers for all elements of capacity while establishing standard practices for innovation, collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, and safety
• Drive alignment and execution of key capacity, engineering, and operational initiatives across functional partners at the site. Ensure operational consistency, to scale operations efficiently and effectively
• Lead data analytics, metrics, and interpretation of a complex environment to identify inefficiencies, opportunities, exceptions, and correlations, and proactively respond before they impact data center uptime and utilization. Perform root cause analysis of complex technical and engineering issues and drive resolution
• Create/improve global standards for processes, workflows, and automation roadmaps for software automation that facilitate deployment, maintaining, and decommissioning of server hardware at scale
• Work with Meta hardware and software engineering teams to help resolve complex technical issues that affect Meta's computing infrastructure
• Share knowledge with capacity team members, both locally and globally. Seek out and provide guidance on challenges others are having and actively fix them in a scalable way
• Display knowledge of infrastructure (including, but not limited to, cooling, power, networking) as it relates to the capacity role

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a combination of capacity planning, demand and supply management, production planning, operations planning, or infrastructure management
• BS, BA, or BEng in a relevant field, or equivalent experience or certification
• Experience in process ownership and development, and in systems development
• Knowledge of enterprise-level networking, server, and storage installs
• Comprehensive understanding of data center infrastructure systems and applications, as well as technical knowledge from related industries such as pharmaceuticals, nuclear, or large-scale manufacturing
• Ability to communicate effectively, in a clear and concise manner, and appropriately tailor messages to the audience
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems and to think at scale

Preferred Qualifications

• SQL, Python, or other programming and automation experience
• Project management and delivery experience. Certifications in Agile or PMP certification
• Experience in the application of data-driven continuous improvement through lean Six Sigma data and process analysis, visualization, and data modeling

About Meta

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

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$83,990/year to $130,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.