Data Analyst

GCS Recruitment Specialists; Cherry Hill Township (NJ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

GCS Recruitment Specialists is seeking a Data Analyst/Cloud Capacity Planning Analyst to join our growing infrastructure team. You will forecast, plan, and optimize enterprise cloud and data center resources, turning data into actionable insights and building forecasting models.

You will collaborate with engineering, operations, and finance teams to ensure proper sizing for current and future demand, while driving automation and process improvements across the capacity lifecycle.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of experience in Capacity Planning, Data Analytics, Infrastructure Analytics, or Forecasting.
• Strong skills in Excel, SQL, and Python.
• Experience with reporting, modeling, and data visualization.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Understanding of cloud, compute, storage, virtualization, and infrastructure environments.

Responsibilities

• Analyze compute, storage, and infrastructure utilization trends.
• Build and automate forecasting and capacity planning models.
• Create dashboards, reports, and alerts to identify capacity risks.
• Partner with engineering, operations, application, and finance teams.
• Support capacity lifecycle management, including planning, procurement, deployment, and decommissioning.
• Drive automation and process improvement initiatives.

Skills

Excel

SQL

Python

Capacity Planning

Data Analytics

Forecasting

Tools

VMware

OpenStack

Kubernetes

Job description

We are seeking a Data Analyst/Cloud Capacity Planning Analyst to join a growing infrastructure team responsible for forecasting, planning, and optimizing enterprise cloud and data center resources. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys turning data into actionable insights, building forecasting models, automating processes, and partnering with engineering and business teams to ensure infrastructure is properly sized for current and future demand.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze compute, storage, and infrastructure utilization trends
• Build and automate forecasting and capacity planning models
• Create dashboards, reports, and alerts to identify capacity risks
• Partner with engineering, operations, application, and finance teams
• Support capacity lifecycle management, including planning, procurement, deployment, and decommissioning
• Drive automation and process improvement initiatives

Requirements:

• 3-5+ years of experience in Capacity Planning, Data Analytics, Infrastructure Analytics, or Forecasting
• Strong skills in Excel, SQL, and Python
• Experience with reporting, modeling, and data visualization
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Understanding of cloud, compute, storage, virtualization, and infrastructure environments

Nice to Have:

• VMware, OpenStack, Kubernetes, or container platform experience
• AI/ML-based forecasting or predictive analytics experience

Ideal Backgrounds:

Capacity Planning Analyst, Data Analyst, Infrastructure Analyst, Cloud Operations Analyst, Capacity Engineer, or Data Engineer with forecasting/modeling experience.

GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.