Data Center Capacity Engineer

Meta; Rayville (LA); On-site; USD 111,000 - 159,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking a Data Center Capacity Engineer to ensure our global data center infrastructure meets demand. You will analyze capacity trends, model future demand, and partner with hardware, network, and site operations teams to plan capacity at scale.

Based in the United States, you will drive end-to-end capacity planning for hyperscale data centers, mentor team members, and contribute to automation across Meta's data center fleet.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in capacity planning or infrastructure management.
• Experience with data center operations and power/cooling constraints.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Own accountability for the three capacity workflows (receiving, moves, decommissioning).
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to develop strategy and drive capacity initiatives across data centers.
• Analyze business capacity demands and translate data into local plans for rapid capacity delivery.
• Plan and lead cross-functional data center teams to deliver capacity projects at scale.
• Build cross-functional relationships and influence policies to improve operations.
• Develop and share best practices across global data centers for capacity and automation.
• Drive alignment of capacity initiatives across partners to scale operations.
• Lead data analytics and root-cause analysis to identify inefficiencies and opportunities.
• Create/improve global standards for processes and automation roadmaps for server hardware deployment and decommissioning.
• Work with Meta hardware/software teams to resolve complex technical issues.
• Mentor capacity team members locally and globally, guiding challenges and scalable fixes.
• Apply SME knowledge of cooling, power, networking, and automation to capacity planning.

Skills

Capacity planning

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Problem solving

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

SQL

Python

R

Bash

Job description

Summary:

Meta is seeking a Data Center Capacity Engineer to help ensure our global data center infrastructure can meet the demands of billions of users across Meta's family of apps and services. In this role, you will analyze server and infrastructure capacity trends, model future demand, and partner with hardware, network, and site operations teams to plan and deliver capacity at scale. Your work will directly influence how Meta provisions, allocates, and optimizes compute, storage, and network resources across its data center fleet, enabling reliable and efficient operation of the platforms that connect people worldwide.The Capacity Team at Meta is responsible for managing the growth and lifecycle of computing resources and data center capacity at Meta, as part of a global production footprint. The Data Center Capacity Engineer is responsible for planning and delivering the end-to-end server and hardware capacity requirements in a hyperscale data center campus. Collectively and globally, these roles plan and build one of the largest Internet services in the world with tens of billions of user requests, tens of exabytes of data, thousands of gigabits per second of network traffic, while maintaining operational and resource allocation efficiency. The Capacity Engineer will drive planning, ownership, and delivery of capacity within our data center locations. Demonstrated project management experience, including planning, tracking, and delivering complex infrastructure projects, and infrastructure engineering knowledge are required as this role manages complex infrastructure projects within the data center, often in parallel; including capacity planning, receiving, moving, and decommissioning.The candidate should be able to adapt to shifting priorities and manage concurrent workstreams in a dynamic operational environment. The successful candidate will be able to work independently and also within groups. This role will interact closely with many cross-functional partners, including capacity and performance engineers, data scientists, optimization and process engineers, capacity planners, supply chain, logistics, finance, data center construction, facility operations, security, network engineering, network operations, hardware engineering, software engineering, and systems & tooling engineering.

Required Skills:

Data Center Capacity Engineer Responsibilities:

1. Own accountability for the three capacity workflows (receiving, moves, decommissioning), facilitating collaboration among various cross-functional partners to meet capacity demands
2. Collaborate with key stakeholders and partners to develop a strategy and drive initiatives that lead to meaningful improvements in support of data center operations. Maintain consistent touchpoints with key XFN partners across data centers
3. Analyze business capacity demands and translate that data into local plans to enable rapid delivery of capacity to the data center
4. 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
5. Build cross-functional relationships and have the ability to influence policies and procedures to improve regional/global data center operations
6. Develop and share best practices across all global data centers for all elements of capacity while creating a culture of innovation, collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, and safety
7. Drive alignment and execution of key capacity strategic, engineering, and operational initiatives across functional partners at the data center. Ensure operational consistency, to scale operations efficiently and effectively
8. Lead data analytics, metrics, and the 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
9. Create/improve global standards for processes, workflows, and automation roadmaps for software automation that facilitate deployment, maintenance, and decommissioning of server hardware at scale
10. Work with Meta hardware and software engineering teams to help resolve complex technical issues that affect Meta's computing infrastructure
11. Mentor 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
12. Apply deep knowledge of infrastructure (including, but not limited to cooling, power, networking, and automation) as it relates to the capacity role. Be a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in one or more of these areas

Minimum Qualifications:

1. 7+ years of experience in a combination of capacity planning, demand and supply management, production planning, operations planning, or infrastructure management
2. B.S., B.A., or B.Eng. in a relevant field, or equivalent degree or certification
3. Experience with process ownership and development, and systems development
4. Knowledge of enterprise-level networking, servers, and storage installations
5. Demonstrated understanding of data center infrastructure systems and applications
6. Familiarity with data center power and cooling constraints, and their impact on server density and capacity planning decisions
7. Ability to communicate effectively, in a clear and concise manner, appropriately tailoring messages to multiple audiences
8. Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems and to deliver at scale

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Master's degree in an engineering discipline
2. Proficiency in programming and scripting languages such as SQL, R, Python, Bash, or other programming languages
3. Background in developing scenario-based capacity models that account for hardware supply chain variability and workload elasticity
4. Experience with server hardware lifecycle management, including procurement planning, rack integration, and hardware refresh programs in a large-scale data center environment
5. Experience in driving results through AI in a hyperscale environment
6. Experience building automated capacity tracking systems or integrating capacity data across multiple infrastructure domains
7. Experience in the application of data-driven continuous improvement through Lean Six Sigma or other process analysis methodologies, visualization, and modeling
8. Project management and delivery experience through Agile methodology or PMP certification

Public Compensation:

$111,010/year to $158,995/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Industry:

Internet

Equal Opportunity:

Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affinitive Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.

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