Cloud Capacity & Forecasting Lead

Cisco Systems; Reno (NV); On-site; USD 165,000 - 274,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems is seeking a senior Cloud Capacity Planner to build and maintain rolling capacity forecasts by CSP, region, workload, and resource type. You will compare demand from sales, bookings, and product roadmaps against available supply, and coordinate reservations with cloud service providers to ensure on-time capacity while controlling costs.

You will mentor peers and introduce AI-enabled tools to improve planning accuracy across regions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, engineering, supply chain, data analytics or related field; 8+ years of related experience, or a master's degree with 6+ years of related experience.
• Experience in cloud capacity planning with AWS, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud, including quotas and reservations
• Experience building demand forecasts and scenario models
• Experience building reports and dashboards
• Experience working with FinOps or finance teams on cloud cost management, reservation coverage or budgets

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a rolling capacity forecast by CSP, region, workload and resource type to help leaders make confident investment and growth decisions worldwide.
• Compare demand from sales pipeline, bookings and product roadmaps against available supply, then work with CSPs on reservations so customers get capacity on time without wasted spend.
• Collaborate with sales on realistic lead times, with engineering on protecting capacity during maintenance windows and with FinOps on reconciling reservations to keep costs healthy.
• Mentor fellow capacity planners and introduce AI-enabled tools to make planning faster and more accurate across every region.
• Measure your success by sharper forecasts, on-time deliveries and a clear owner and plan for every capacity gap.

Skills

Forecasting

Dashboards

FinOps

AI tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/finance/engineering/supply chain/data analytics or related field

8+ years of related experience or master's degree with 6+ years

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Job description

Cisco Systems is seeking a senior Cloud Capacity Planner to build and maintain rolling capacity forecasts by CSP, region, workload, and resource type. You will compare demand from sales, bookings, and product roadmaps against available supply, and coordinate reservations with cloud service providers to ensure on-time capacity while controlling costs.

You will mentor peers and introduce AI-enabled tools to improve planning accuracy across regions.