Data Center Urbanization Officer

About the job

Job purpose

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
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Expected skills & experience

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

Experience

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. 

Soft skills / transversal skills

• 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.

What we offer

We bring together the expertise, cultural diversity and creativity of over 8,000 employees worldwide and we’re committed to equal opportunities in all aspects of employment (gender, LGBT+, disabled persons, or people of different origins) and to promoting Diversity & Inclusion by creating a work environment where all employees are treated with dignity and respect, and where individual differences are valued.

About the entity

AXA is becoming a sustainable tech-led company and at AXA Group Operations we are one of the major catalysts for this transformation. 

We set the tone by triggering and empowering the evolution of our insurance business model through technology and innovation, driving its concrete implementation globally at speed, with a high quality of advisory and execution.

We are present across 17 countries with committed, highly qualified teams. We leverage technology, data, sourcing, security and investment allocation in a global way, but also achieve economies of scale and synergies when necessary.

At AXA Group Operations, we want to be recognized in three fields of action:

• State-of-the-art Data Technology to drive customer experience
• State-of-the-art Procurement & Sourcing to drive efficiency and better manage risks
• High-Performing Global Team for stronger partnerships with AXA entities

About AXA

As a world-leading insurance company, we act for human progress by protecting what matters. With 153,000 employees in 54 countries working for 105 million customers, we’ve created a truly dynamic and vibrant community. Inclusion and diversity link closely with our values, and together we’re nurturing a culture of respect, for each other, for our customers and the communities around us. Join AXA and you’ll feel like you belong, are included and can thrive. You’ll be able to shape the way you work and truly grow your potential as you seek out new opportunities, push boundaries and benefit people in critical moments of their lives. This is your chance to build the tomorrow you want. Know you can.

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