Strategic Capacity Planning Engineer

AARNet (Australia's Academic and Research Network); Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

AARNet is seeking a Capacity Planning Engineer to ensure fibre, optical, routed, peering, transit and data centre infrastructure scales reliably and cost-effectively. You will balance growth planning with operational efficiency, owning capacity analytics and multi-year roadmaps across Australia.

Based in Australia, the role requires collaboration with architecture, engineering, operations and leadership, and involves reporting capacity status, risks and investment opportunities to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Telecommunications, or related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years in network infrastructure engineering, capacity planning, or related roles.
• Experience building capacity models, forecasting demand, or analysing utilisation trends in large-scale networks.
• Ability to translate complex technical data into business-friendly recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain capacity models for optical transport, routed networks, data centre facilities, and interconnectivity.
• Establish demand forecasting methodologies and generate utilisation reports and multi-year projections.
• Monitor infrastructure utilisation and identify bottlenecks, headroom and risks.
• Evaluate routes, expansion and redundancy; recommend buildouts and consolidations.
• Collaborate with routing, optical, and data centre SMEs to plan upgrades and optimisations.

Skills

Capacity planning

Forecasting

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Telecommunications, or related discipline

Tools

Capacity planning tools

OSS/BSS platforms

Job description

AARNet is seeking a Capacity Planning Engineer to ensure fibre, optical, routed, peering, transit and data centre infrastructure scales reliably and cost-effectively. You will balance growth planning with operational efficiency, owning capacity analytics and multi-year roadmaps across Australia.

Based in Australia, the role requires collaboration with architecture, engineering, operations and leadership, and involves reporting capacity status, risks and investment opportunities to stakeholders.