Cloud Capacity Forecasting Leader

Cisco Systems, Inc; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonuses

Professional growth opportunities

Collaborative team environment

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. in Bellevue is seeking a Senior Capacity Planner to build and maintain a rolling cloud capacity forecast across CSPs and regions.

You will align demand from sales, product roadmaps and engineering with supply, collaborating with CSPs to secure reservations and ensuring on-time capacity while controlling costs. You will mentor other capacity planners, introduce AI-enabled forecasting tools, and partner with FinOps to reconcile reservations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, engineering, supply chain, data analytics or a related field and 8+ years of related experience, or a master's degree and 6+ years of related experience.
• Experience in cloud or infrastructure 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.
• Compare demand against available supply and work with CSPs on reservations.
• Collaborate with sales, engineering and FinOps to manage lead times and budgets.
• Mentor fellow capacity planners and introduce AI-enabled tools to accelerate planning.

Skills

Cloud capacity planning

Quotas and reservations

Forecasting & scenario modeling

Reports & dashboards

FinOps / cloud cost management

Education

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

Master's degree preferred / 6+ years experience if MS

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. in Bellevue is seeking a Senior Capacity Planner to build and maintain a rolling cloud capacity forecast across CSPs and regions.

You will align demand from sales, product roadmaps and engineering with supply, collaborating with CSPs to secure reservations and ensuring on-time capacity while controlling costs. You will mentor other capacity planners, introduce AI-enabled forecasting tools, and partner with FinOps to reconcile reservations.