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Manager, Hardware Capacity Planning, Network and Data Center Equipment

Meta
Menlo Park, USA
Full-time
Senior · 10+ years experience
Onsite
USD 219000-301000 yearly / year
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Responsibilities

  • Lead and develop a team of capacity planning engineers focused on network and data center hardware, setting team direction, priorities, and operational cadence
  • Own multi-year capacity demand forecasting models for network and data center equipment, incorporating traffic growth projections, hardware refresh cycles, and new product launches
  • Drive strategic planning for network hardware procurement including switches, routers, optical interconnects, and ancillary data center equipment across global points of presence
  • Partner with network engineering and data center design teams to translate infrastructure architecture decisions into hardware capacity requirements and procurement timelines
  • Collaborate with supply chain and vendor management teams to mitigate hardware supply risk, manage lead times, and optimize inventory positioning across global regions
  • Develop and maintain capacity planning frameworks, tooling, and methodologies that improve forecast accuracy and reduce capital expenditure waste
  • Present capacity outlooks, investment recommendations, and risk assessments to senior leadership and finance stakeholders
  • Define and track key capacity health metrics including utilization rates, headroom thresholds, and procurement cycle adherence across the network and data center hardware portfolio
  • Identify systemic gaps in capacity planning processes and lead cross-functional initiatives to improve planning efficiency and infrastructure reliability
  • Coordinate with program management and construction teams to align hardware delivery schedules with data center build and network expansion timelines

Minimum Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in capacity planning, network infrastructure planning, or data center hardware engineering
  • 5+ years of experience managing engineering or technical planning teams, including hiring, performance management, and organizational development
  • Experience with demand forecasting and capacity modeling for large-scale network or data center hardware portfolios including switches, routers, or optical transport equipment
  • Experience partnering with supply chain, finance, and infrastructure engineering teams to drive hardware procurement and lifecycle planning decisions
  • Experience communicating infrastructure investment strategies and capacity risk assessments to senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience building or scaling capacity planning tooling, automation, or data pipelines to support large hardware portfolios
  • Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
  • Familiarity with network hardware vendor ecosystems including merchant silicon platforms, optical networking, and spine-leaf data center architectures
  • Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
  • Background in capital expenditure planning, hardware total cost of ownership modeling, or infrastructure financial analysis
  • Experience leading capacity planning at hyperscale infrastructure organizations with global data center and network footprints
  • Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies

Compensation

  • $219,000/year - $301,000/year; Country: US; Bonus eligible; Equity eligible

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