Data Center Capacity Engineer II; Remote

USA - Remote

Full time

R30720

As a global leader in cybersecurity, Crowd Strike protects the people, processes and technologies that drive modern organizations. Since 2011, our mission hasn’t changed - we’re here to stop breaches, and we’ve redefined modern security with the world’s most advanced AI-native platform. We work on large scale distributed systems, processing almost 3 trillion events per day and this traffic is growing daily.

Our customers span all industries, and they count on Crowd Strike to keep their businesses running, their communities safe and their lives moving forward. We're proud to work for a mission-driven company leveraging AI to transform the way we work. Crowd Strikers drive their careers through flexibility and autonomy while also being expected to contribute to a culture of responsible AI adoption, experimentation, and innovation.

We use an AI-first mindset as a force multiplier to proactively and continuously accelerate execution, build expertise, uncover insights, and solve complex problems. We’re always looking to add talented Crowd Strikers to the team who have limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to our customers, our community and each other. Ready to join a mission that matters?

The future of cybersecurity starts with you.

Support Data Center capacity planning across Crowd Strike's global data center footprint. You'll assign and track power, space, cooling, rack, and fiber port capacity; maintain forecasting models and dashboards; and partner with Data Center Operations, Network Engineering, Supply Chain, and Systems Infrastructure teams to ensure capacity is available ahead of demand.

• Assign power, space, and rack capacity to incoming deployment requests; maintain allocation and reservation records

• Maintain and update capacity models for power, space, cooling, cabinet, and structured cabling/port availability across all sites

• Track fiber port capacity, utilization, and projected consumption across MDF and IDF locations - available vs. in-use patch panel ports, by site, by room, and by panel

• Track vendor and carrier cross-connect port usage across PoP and DC facilities, including quantity in service, media/connector type, and growth against contracted or available positions

• Submit expansion demand to DC Build ahead of fiber port or cross-connect exhaustion

• Produce recurring capacity reporting and dashboards; surface constraint and threshold-breach risks to the DC Management

• Translate server/storage/network demand forecasts into rack-level deployment plans and site allocation recommendations

• Partner with Deployment Engineering and DC Ops on rack elevations, placement, and burn-down of installed vs. reserved capacity

• Maintain data accuracy in DCIM/asset systems; drive reconciliation between DCIM, AssetDB, and physical audits

• Support colo expansion and site build inputs: requirements gathering, capacity validation, and tracking of contracted vs. consumed power

• Contribute to automation of reporting and data collection.

• Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes.

• US Citizen or Green Card Holder

• 2-5 years in data center capacity planning, DC operations, infrastructure engineering, or related

• Working knowledge of DC power distribution (UPS, RPP PDU, branch circuits, A/B feeds, redundancy models N+1/2N), cooling, and rack/space planning

• Strong Excel/Google Sheets modeling

• Experience with a DCIM platform (Nlyte, Sunbird, Device
  42, or similar) and BI tooling (Tableau, Power BI, Grafana)

• Ability to interpret rack elevations, one-lines, and floor plans

• Hyperscale or…