Principal Data Center Capacity Planner

Oracle

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Work type
On-site
Location
Nashville, TN
Salary
$90,100–$209,500 / yr
Posted
22 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Below market

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TL;DR · Principal Data Center Capacity Planner

As a Senior Principal Datacenter Capacity Planner on the Data Center Capacity Planning team, you will manage supply and demand across the entire fleet of OCI regions. You will collaborate with executive leadership, sales, finance, and engineering teams to scope large-scale customer requirements for cloud demand and next-generation AI clusters. Your daily work involves translating customer needs into tangible datacenter designs, aligning hardware planning with product roadmaps, and managing procurement priorities for infrastructure spanning hundreds of Megawatts to Gigawatts. You will navigate complexities in GPU infrastructure, including air and liquid cooled datacenters and clustered network architectures. To succeed, you must be proficient in SQL, Excel, and PowerPoint while utilizing operational metrics to drive process improvements. This role solves critical capacity challenges by matching global demand to available datacenter space within the OCI portfolio or open market.

What you'll do

  • Translate customer requirements into tangible datacenter and product needs in coordination with sales and executive leadership.
  • Align supply, delivery, and hardware planning to meet the established infrastructure roadmap.
  • Scope large-scale customer requirements for cloud demand and next-generation AI clusters across multiple megawatt scales.
  • Design deployable datacenter solutions based on detailed site-level designs and network architecture complexities.
  • Match customer demand to available capacity within the internal portfolio or the open colocation market.
  • Define priorities for leadership regarding datacenter budgets and procurement timelines.
  • Identify risks and develop mitigation plans while maintaining program milestones and completion dates.
  • Use operational metrics to create scalable processes and improve overall efficiency.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree is required.
  • 6+ years of relevant experience are required.
  • Proficiency in SQL, Excel, and PowerPoint is required.
  • Exceptional interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills are required.
  • Ability to multitask, manage multiple projects, and prioritize tasks is required.
  • Experience with cloud capacity planning is preferred.
  • Knowledge of GPU infrastructure for air and liquid cooled datacenters is preferred.
  • Sponsorship is not available for this position.

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