Cloud Capacity Strategy Lead - AI-Driven Forecasting

Cisco Systems, Inc; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 175,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Disability coverage

RSUs / stock grants

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is hiring for a Cloud Capacity Planning professional in the United States.

The role focuses on building rolling forecasts by CSPs, regions, workloads, and resources, translating demand from sales and product into supply with CSP reservations, and guiding engineers and FinOps on capacity and cost management. Ideal candidates have 8+ years in capacity planning for cloud or infrastructure, with strong forecasting, reporting, and stakeholder communication skills, plus a passion

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in related field with 8+ years experience, or a master's with 6+ years
• Experience in cloud or infrastructure capacity planning with AWS, Azure or Google Cloud
• Experience building demand forecasts and scenario models
• Experience building reports and dashboards
• Experience with FinOps or finance teams on cloud cost management

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a rolling capacity forecast by CSP, region, workload and resource type
• Collaborate with CSPs on reservations so customers get capacity on time
• Mentor capacity planners and introduce AI-enabled tools to improve planning speed and accuracy
• Measure success by sharper forecasts, on-time deliveries and clear capacity plans

Skills

Forecasting

Dashboards

Stakeholder communication

Mentoring

Education

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

Master's degree (optional)

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is hiring for a Cloud Capacity Planning professional in the United States.

The role focuses on building rolling forecasts by CSPs, regions, workloads, and resources, translating demand from sales and product into supply with CSP reservations, and guiding engineers and FinOps on capacity and cost management. Ideal candidates have 8+ years in capacity planning for cloud or infrastructure, with strong forecasting, reporting, and stakeholder communication skills, plus a passion