Data Center Capacity Planner, Infrastructure Services

Apple Inc

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On-site
Location
Sunnyvale, CA
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$140,700–$268,400 / yr
Posted
48 days ago
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TL;DR · Data Center Capacity Planner, Infrastructure Services

JOB TITLE: Data Center Capacity Planner, Infrastructure Services The Data Center Capacity Planner, Infrastructure Services joins the Data Center Capacity Planning Strategy and Initiatives team to provide centralized insight into physical infrastructure demand, supply, and capacity readiness. This role focuses on the Remote Data Center space, managing leased facilities globally while translating infrastructure demand into actionable investment priorities. Key responsibilities include building analysis for long-term scaling, identifying capacity risks, and establishing performance metrics to promote operational discipline. The position requires driving the adoption of automation and AI-driven analytics to interpret capacity insights. Candidates must possess experience in data center colocation operations, cloud platforms, or engineering program leadership. Core competencies include infrastructure telemetry, observability platforms, and the ability to communicate strategic insights regarding large-scale distributed systems and hybrid infrastructure environments to senior leadership.

What you'll do

  • Build analysis to provide a holistic view of infrastructure demand, capacity outlook, and long-term scaling considerations.
  • Consolidate and interpret capacity insights from engineering and platform teams to inform leadership on readiness and growth projections.
  • Oversee planning and coordination for physical data center infrastructure to ensure capacity aligns with platform needs.
  • Identify and communicate infrastructure capacity risks and readiness gaps to enable proactive mitigation.
  • Establish and track performance metrics for capacity planning to promote consistent planning practices and operational discipline.
  • Drive the adoption of automation and AI-driven analytics in data center capacity planning.
  • Develop and lead data center strategy development initiatives to solidify long-term infrastructure strategy.

What we're looking for

  • BS/MS in a related discipline or equivalent hands-on industry experience.
  • Experience in data center colocation operations, infrastructure operations, cloud platforms, capacity planning, or engineering program leadership.
  • Experience coordinating cross-team planning initiatives in complex infrastructure environments.
  • Ability to translate infrastructure data and analytics into strategic insights for senior leadership.
  • Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
  • 3-5+ years of experience in infrastructure operations, cloud platforms, capacity planning, or engineering program leadership (preferred).
  • Strong understanding of AI/ML, compute infrastructure, cloud platforms, and large scale distributed systems (preferred).
  • Experience with infrastructure planning, capacity governance, infrastructure strategy, telemetry, or capacity analytics tools (preferred).

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