Freelance Data Center Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in Calgary, AB

• Do you have a knack for spotting potential issues and designing smart solutions?
• Are you passionate about building programs and finding creative ways to make the most of what's already there?

If you said yes - read on.

About us
eStruxture Data Centers is an award-winning company and the largest Canadian-owned data center provider with locations in Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, and Calgary. Our solutions are designed to give customers more: more locations, more capacity, more connections that enable them to run modern, demanding enterprise applications, and offer their business the control to rapidly scale in response to unpredictable changes in business processes. eStruxture provides access to an ecosystem to almost 850 customers that trust and depend on our infrastructure and customer support, including carriers, cloud providers, media content, financial services, and enterprise customers. eStruxture offers colocation, bandwidth, security and support services to customers across Canada in its 16 carrier and cloud-neutral facilities.

Everything starts with our dedicated and talented team. As an award-winning industry leader, our data centers help our customers improve network connectivity, redundancy, and uptime, scale up or down, increase cost savings, and provide a high level of physical security. This would be unachievable without thepeopleof eStruxture.

About the role

Reporting to the Senior VP of Operations & Engineering, the Infrastructure Engineer & Program Management lead will play a key role in driving high-level program strategies, optimizing productivity, and ensuring successful project delivery - from inception through to completion.

You'll work closely with internal and external teams, manage key project milestones, and help scale and enhance our national data center infrastructure.

What You'll Own

• Manage all project stakeholders and communications, ensuring expectations are aligned throughout the project lifecycle.
• Define and track milestones with clear, structured reporting across all phases of your projects.
• Partner with Data Center Managers across all regions to ensure consistent design and delivery practices.
• Contribute to strategic decision-making around design and budgeting across new builds, expansions, retrofits, conversions, and M&E equipment selection.
• Identify and address site-specific constraints, design limitations, and infrastructure routes in collaboration with local teams.
• Monitor and escalate risks, failure points, and critical infrastructure issues.
• Lead capacity management for our national data center fleet, alongside other key business KPIs.
  

What you bring

Experience

• 7+ years in program or project management, ideally in a mission-critical infrastructure environment.
• Experience with vendor management, capacity planning, and operational process design.
• Proven track record delivering complex infrastructure projects in fast-paced settings.
  

Education/Certification/Designation

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Engineering, or a relevant field.
• PMP certification (an asset).
• Electrical certifications (an asset).
  

Skills

• Strong communication skills (written and verbal).
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and process-driven.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and coordinate cross-functional teams.
• Independent, proactive, and comfortable leading local initiatives.
• Strategic thinker with practical execution skills.
  

Technical Knowledge

• Familiarity with data center construction and infrastructure projects.
• Knowledge of critical systems: UPS, generators, chillers, BMS, life safety systems.
• Understanding of data center tiering (UTI) and thermal policies (ASHRAE TC9.9).
• Advanced knowledge of building systems and industry standards.

Working Conditions

• Hybrid work environment (office + remote).
• Occasional travel (up to 25%) across Canada.
• Regular business hours, Monday to Friday, with the ability to manage tight deadlines.
• All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory background checks.

Ready to make an impact?

If you're looking for a role where your technical expertise and leadership will directly influence the growth of a fast-moving company - we'd love to hear from you.