Software Engineer

At Vertiv, we're on a mission to empower the people that will power the future. From a simple swipe to life-changing medicines, from push notifications to generative AI. We design, manufacture, and service the products and solutions that keep the world connected.  With $6.9 billion in sales, a strong customer base and global reach spanning nearly 70 countries, we are uniquely positioned to deliver greater value to our customers and create new opportunities for our people.  
We are seeking a Software Engineer / Architect – Data Center Infrastructure Optimization to join our team in Ghent, Belgium

In this role, you will be joining a dedicated task force focused on identifying and delivering optimization use cases across our data center infrastructure. The scope spans both on-premise and cloud environments, and you'll be expected to work across the full stack: from infrastructure-level decisions to application-layer implementation to drive efficiency, reliability, and cost optimization. 

What kind of work will you be doing?

You will design and implement solutions that optimize resource utilization, workload scheduling, and infrastructure performance across hybrid (on-prem and cloud) data center environments. Working closely with platform and business teams, you'll translate operational data into actionable automation and optimization strategies. You'll architect scalable, resilient systems that can adapt to changing infrastructure demands, and contribute to defining best practices and tooling standards for the task force. 

What will make you successful? 

You thrive in fast-moving environments where hypotheses are tested quickly, experiments are run often, and learning cycles are tight. You're genuinely curious about how systems perform under pressure and you get excited by squeezing more out of complex infrastructure, not just theoretically, but hands-on. Kubernetes is non-negotiable; you should be deeply comfortable extending and architecting around K8s at scale, not just deploying on top of it. You pick up new tools, frameworks, and domains fast, and you don't hesitate to dive deep when something doesn't add up. We value agility and technical hunger over any specific language or stack, if you're the kind of engineer who enjoys breaking things down, profiling, optimizing, and iterating at speed, you'll fit right in. Experience across hybrid or multi-cloud environments and a solid grasp of data center fundamentals (networking, storage, compute provisioning, capacity planning) round out the profile. 

Nice to Have 

Experience with ML/AI-based optimization or anomaly detection, knowledge of tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Terraform, or similar, and prior work in cost optimization or capacity planning at scale. 

What You'll Bring 

Strong systems thinking, the ability to balance technical depth with practical delivery, and comfort working in a fast-moving, cross-functional task force environment. 
If YOU are the person we are looking for, feel free to apply and let's start drafting your future career in a healthy and growing environment

The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv's Core Principals & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.  

OUR CORE PRINCIPALS: Safety.  Integrity. Respect.  Teamwork.  Diversity & Inclusion.

OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

• Customer Focus
• Operational Excellence
• High-Performance Culture
• Innovation
• Financial Strength

OUR BEHAVIORS

• Own It
• Act With Urgency
• Foster a Customer-First Mindset
• Think Big and Execute
• Lead by Example
• Drive Continuous Improvement
• Learn and Seek Out Development
   

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