Cloud Capacity Leader | AI-Driven Forecasting & Growth

Cisco Systems; Santa Fe (NM); On-site; USD 175,000 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems is seeking a Senior Capacity Planner to drive rolling capacity forecasts across CSPs, regions, workloads, and resources. You will balance demand with supply, work with CSPs on reservations, and partner with FinOps to keep cloud costs healthy.

You will mentor teammates, introduce AI-enabled forecasting tools, and help ensure on-time capacity for customers worldwide, aligning with Cisco's cloud strategy in the AI era.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, engineering, supply chain, data analytics or related field with 8+ years experience, or a master's degree with 6+ years experience.
• Experience in cloud capacity planning with AWS, 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 from sales, bookings and product roadmaps against available supply.
• Collaborate with CSPs on reservations to meet capacity on time while controlling spend.
• Mentor fellow capacity planners and introduce AI-enabled tools to improve planning.

Skills

Cloud capacity planning

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Forecast modelling

Dashboards

FinOps

Mentoring

AI forecasting tools

Education

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

Master's degree (optional) with 6+ years of related experience

Tools

AI-enabled forecasting tools

Job description

Cisco Systems is seeking a Senior Capacity Planner to drive rolling capacity forecasts across CSPs, regions, workloads, and resources. You will balance demand with supply, work with CSPs on reservations, and partner with FinOps to keep cloud costs healthy.

You will mentor teammates, introduce AI-enabled forecasting tools, and help ensure on-time capacity for customers worldwide, aligning with Cisco's cloud strategy in the AI era.