Job Description
OPENTEXT - THE INFORMATION COMPANY
OpenText is a global leader in information management, where innovation, creativity, and collaboration are the key components of our corporate culture. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to partner with the most highly regarded companies in the world, tackle complex issues, and contribute to projects that shape the future of digital transformation.
AI-First. Future-Driven. Human-Centered.
At OpenText, AI is at the heart of everything we do—powering innovation, transforming work, and empowering digital knowledge workers. We're hiring talent that AI can't replace to help us shape the future of information management. Join us.
The Opportunity
The Principal Data Center Engineer is a senior-level technical leader responsible for the design, architecture, optimization, and operation of enterprise-scale data center infrastructure. This role drives innovation, standards, and best practices across data center environments, ensuring high availability, scalability, efficiency, and security. The Principal Engineer partners with cross-functional teams, influences strategic direction, and mentors engineering teams.
What the role offers
- Define and lead the data center infrastructure strategy, including compute, storage, network, and facility integration.
- Architect scalable, resilient, and cost-efficient solutions across on-premises, colocation, and hybrid/cloud environments.
- Establish and govern engineering standards, reference architectures, and design patterns.
- Lead the design and deployment of large-scale data center environments.
- Develop detailed engineering documentation, including: high-level and low-level designs, capacity planning models, power and cooling requirements
- Lead long-term capacity planning and forecasting for compute, storage, network, power, and space.
- Manage lifecycle of infrastructure assets, including refresh and decommissioning strategies.
- Define SLAs, KPIs, and reliability frameworks (SRE practices, incident response, root cause analysis).
- Optimize performance, utilization, and energy efficiency (PUE improvements).
- Drive automation of operations using scripting and infrastructure-as-code.
- Ensure adherence to industry standards (e.g., ISO 27001, SOC 2, Uptime Institute tiers).
- Act as a technical advisor to leadership and stakeholders.
What you need to succeed
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- 10+ years of experience in data center engineering, infrastructure architecture, or related roles.
- Deep expertise in:
- Data center infrastructure (power, cooling, racks, cabling)
- Compute, storage, and networking systems
- Virtualization and cloud integration
- Strong understanding of high-availability architectures and disaster recovery.
- Experience with colocation providers and vendor management.
- Proven track record of leading large-scale infrastructure projects.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with hyperscale or enterprise data center environments.
- Knowledge of AI/ML infrastructure, GPU clusters, or HPC systems.
- Familiarity with sustainability initiatives and energy optimization.
- Experience with DCIM tools and observability platforms.
- Relevant certifications, such as: Uptime Institute (ATD, ATS), Cisco, VMware, or cloud certifications (Azure, AWS, GCP)
OpenText's efforts to build an inclusive work environment go beyond simply complying with applicable laws. Our Employment Equity and Diversity Policy provides direction on maintaining a working environment that is inclusive of everyone, regardless of culture, national origin, race, color, gender, gender identification, sexual orientation, family status, age, veteran status, disability, religion, or other basis protected by applicable laws.
If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please contact us at [email protected]. Our proactive approach fosters collaboration, innovation, and personal growth, enriching OpenText's vibrant workplace.