Hyperscale Solutions Architect & Sales Lead

Equinix; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 163,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, life, disability insurance

Retirement plan

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

Equinix, the world's digital infrastructure company, seeks a Lead Sales Engineer for hyperscale engagements. You will be the primary technical advisor, guiding design, capacity planning, and deployment strategy across regions, while translating complex tech into business value for cloud and AI customers.

You will lead technical discovery, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and drive scalable infrastructure solutions that align with long-term customer growth objectives.

Qualifications

• Typically requires 5+ years of related experience in Sales Engineering, Solutions Architecture, Data Center Infrastructure, Cloud Infrastructure, Hyperscale Infrastructure, or Mission-Critical Facilities environments.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• Demonstrated experience supporting hyperscale customers, cloud providers, AI infrastructure providers, content platforms, or large-scale data center deployments.
• Deep understanding of data center architecture, power and cooling infrastructure, electrical and mechanical systems, resiliency design, capacity planning, deployment lifecycles, and operational best practices.
• Experience conducting customer-facing data center tours, infrastructure discussions, site assessments, executive briefings, or technical design reviews.
• Ability to engage credibly with customer infrastructure architects, capacity planners, operations leaders, network engineers, and executive stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to simplify complex technical concepts for business and technical audiences.
• Experience with AI infrastructure, GPU deployments, high-density environments, liquid cooling technologies, or large-scale power and cooling strategy preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serves as the primary technical subject matter expert for xScale and hyperscale customer opportunities.
• Identifies customer business objectives, infrastructure requirements, growth projections, technical constraints, and deployment dependencies.
• Leads technical discovery discussions with hyperscale customers related to data center infrastructure, capacity planning, power requirements, cooling considerations, and deployment strategy.
• Partners with Account Management and Strategic Account teams to develop customer-specific infrastructure solutions aligned to long-term growth plans.
• Provides technical leadership for global and multi-region hyperscale pursuits, including coordination across internal and customer stakeholders.
• Supports executive-level customer engagements, technical workshops, infrastructure assessments, and solution reviews.
• Develops and validates complex xScale solution designs supporting cloud, AI, and hyperscale infrastructure deployments.
• Leads technical qualification and design support for dedicated hyperscale facilities, customer-specific data halls, large power footprints, and expansion requirements.
• Evaluates technical feasibility related to power density, cooling strategy, space utilization, rack and cabinet planning, network requirements, resiliency, and deployment timelines.
• Supports complex RFI, RFP, RFQ, and technical bid responses in partnership with Sales, Commercial, Product, Engineering, and Operations stakeholders.
• Creates clear technical recommendations, design assumptions, and implementation guidance aligned to customer requirements and site capabilities.
• Uses independent judgment to solve complex customer challenges that extend beyond standard solution frameworks.
• Conducts customer-facing data center tours, infrastructure briefings, and site assessments for hyperscale and strategic customers.
• Explains critical facility capabilities and limitations to infrastructure architects, capacity planners, data center operations teams, and executive stakeholders.
• Partners with Operations, Critical Facilities, Design & Construction, Capacity Planning, and Engineering teams to align customer requirements with current and future site capabilities.
• Provides technical guidance related to site selection, expansion planning, available capacity, power density, cooling readiness, deployment constraints, and infrastructure roadmaps.
• Helps customers understand how Equinix xScale facilities support resilient, scalable, and globally consistent infrastructure growth.
• Builds trusted advisor relationships with hyperscale customers and their technical, infrastructure, operations, and executive stakeholders.
• Translates complex data center infrastructure topics into clear business value, risk considerations, and deployment recommendations.
• Supports customer workshops, executive briefings, design reviews, technical due diligence activities, and long-term growth planning discussions.
• Helps position Equinix as a strategic infrastructure partner for large-scale cloud, AI, and digital platform deployments.
• Leads technical inputs for xScale commercial pursuits, including scope definition, design assumptions, infrastructure requirements, and technical risk considerations.
• Supports pricing and solution discussions by clarifying customer requirements, capacity assumptions, site constraints, deployment dependencies, and technical deliverables.
• Collaborates with Sales, Commercial Management, Finance, Product, and Operations teams to ensure proposed solutions are technically accurate, commercially aligned, and executable.
• Drives alignment across Sales, Account Management, Capacity Planning, Operations, Critical Facilities, Design & Construction, Product, Engineering, Customer Success, and Executive Leadership teams.
• Facilitates communication among global stakeholders to support successful multi-region deployments and customer expansion plans.
• Influences technical strategy and establishes best practices for xScale solution design, facility engagement, and hyperscale customer support.
• Promotes a culture of technical excellence, accountability, customer obsession, and cross-functional partnership.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related technical discipline, or equivalent professional experience

Job description

Equinix, the world's digital infrastructure company, seeks a Lead Sales Engineer for hyperscale engagements. You will be the primary technical advisor, guiding design, capacity planning, and deployment strategy across regions, while translating complex tech into business value for cloud and AI customers.

You will lead technical discovery, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and drive scalable infrastructure solutions that align with long-term customer growth objectives.