Capacity Planning Program Manager
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About the department
The Infrastructure department at Cloudflare handles all our data centers and network interconnections around the world, from research and development of our servers, to planning network capacity expansions, to getting our equipment anywhere in the world that it’s needed, to executing new deployments and data center expansions.
The Infrastructure Planning & Capacity Engineering team is part of Cloudflare’s global Infrastructure (INF) team. The team is the central decision making center responsible to scale Cloudflare's Infrastructure, Edge and Core. The team delivers the required speed and plan accuracy to scale seamlessly and efficiently by alleviating all potential bottlenecks.
What you'll do
Identify bottlenecks and recommend optimizations for service owners to improve capacity utilization of applications
Identify and institute new planning verticals
Develop simulation models and tools which analyze multi level constraints (data center space and power, budget, lead time constraints)
Collaborate with application owners and product managers to understand capacity requirements, software optimization initiatives, and generate short/long term capacity demand forecasts
Data Modeling/Business Intelligence
Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing capacity planning infrastructure for greater scalability
Design, develop and scale user friendly systems, reports and dashboards which support capacity planning
Create monitoring and reporting tools for capacity related analysis
Build ROI models which help leadership teams prioritize and manage risk across new product initiatives, reliability/efficiency projects and existing applications/features
Examples of desirable skills, knowledge and experience
Strong expertise in Microsoft Excel
PL/SQL server development experience
Experience with object-oriented/object function scripting languages: Python, Java, C++, Scala
Degree in Operations Research, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, MIS or closely related field
Minimum 3 years relevant work experience as a Capacity Planner, Supply Chain Analyst, Business Analyst, BI Engineer or Data Scientist
Demonstrated ability and experience to influence, develop productive working relationships, and lead technical teams and key stakeholders from different business functions
A diverse technical acumen--actively contribute to technical discussions, proactively identify challenges and risks, working closely with engineers and product manager on addressing challenges, and form mitigation plans
Excellent interpersonal, presentation and communication skills. Effective problem-solving skills
Exercise technical judgment to keep goals for programs, projects and products attainable within a given timeline
About the job
Capacity Planning Program Manager
To see similar active jobs please follow this link: Remote Development jobs
About the department
The Infrastructure department at Cloudflare handles all our data centers and network interconnections around the world, from research and development of our servers, to planning network capacity expansions, to getting our equipment anywhere in the world that it’s needed, to executing new deployments and data center expansions.
The Infrastructure Planning & Capacity Engineering team is part of Cloudflare’s global Infrastructure (INF) team. The team is the central decision making center responsible to scale Cloudflare's Infrastructure, Edge and Core. The team delivers the required speed and plan accuracy to scale seamlessly and efficiently by alleviating all potential bottlenecks.
What you'll do
Identify bottlenecks and recommend optimizations for service owners to improve capacity utilization of applications
Identify and institute new planning verticals
Develop simulation models and tools which analyze multi level constraints (data center space and power, budget, lead time constraints)
Collaborate with application owners and product managers to understand capacity requirements, software optimization initiatives, and generate short/long term capacity demand forecasts
Data Modeling/Business Intelligence
Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing capacity planning infrastructure for greater scalability
Design, develop and scale user friendly systems, reports and dashboards which support capacity planning
Create monitoring and reporting tools for capacity related analysis
Build ROI models which help leadership teams prioritize and manage risk across new product initiatives, reliability/efficiency projects and existing applications/features
Examples of desirable skills, knowledge and experience
Strong expertise in Microsoft Excel
PL/SQL server development experience
Experience with object-oriented/object function scripting languages: Python, Java, C++, Scala
Degree in Operations Research, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, MIS or closely related field
Minimum 3 years relevant work experience as a Capacity Planner, Supply Chain Analyst, Business Analyst, BI Engineer or Data Scientist
Demonstrated ability and experience to influence, develop productive working relationships, and lead technical teams and key stakeholders from different business functions
A diverse technical acumen--actively contribute to technical discussions, proactively identify challenges and risks, working closely with engineers and product manager on addressing challenges, and form mitigation plans
Excellent interpersonal, presentation and communication skills. Effective problem-solving skills
Exercise technical judgment to keep goals for programs, projects and products attainable within a given timeline