Data Center Capacity & Analytics Lead

Apple Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 141,000 - 268,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Apple stock programs

Discretionary bonuses

Relocation assistance

Medical and dental coverage

Job summary

Apple Inc. is seeking a Data Center Capacity Planner to join the Infrastructure Services team in Sunnyvale, CA. You will partner with data center engineering, cloud platforms, and operations to forecast demand, ensure capacity readiness, and guide investment priorities for growth.

The role emphasizes governance, analytical insight, and collaboration across functions to align capacity planning with business needs. Strong data translation and stakeholder management are essential for success.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in a related discipline or equivalent hands‑on industry experience.
• Experience in data center colocation operations and management, infrastructure operations, cloud platforms, capacity planning, or engineering program leadership.
• Experience coordinating cross team planning initiatives in complex infrastructure environments.
• Ability to translate infrastructure data and analytics into strategic insights for senior leadership.
• Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Build analysis to provide holistic view of infrastructure demand, capacity outlook, and long term scaling considerations across physical infrastructure.
• Consolidate and interpret infrastructure capacity insights from engineering and platform teams to inform leadership on data center capacity readiness, growth projections, and potential constraints.
• Oversee planning and coordination for physical data center infrastructure, ensuring data center physical capacity readiness is aligned with infrastructure growth and platform needs.
• Identify and communicate infrastructure capacity risks and readiness gaps, enabling proactive mitigation and supporting reliable data center scaling.
• Establish and track performance metrics for capacity planning, promoting consistent planning practices and operational discipline across teams.
• Drive the adoption of automation and AI driven analytics in data center capacity planning, ensuring the organization leverages advanced insights while maintaining strategic oversight.
• Lead cross functional collaboration and team development, partnering with engineering, cloud, data center, finance, and supply chain teams to align infrastructure capacity planning with business priorities.
• Develop and lead data center strategy development initiatives to solidify Apple’s long term data center strategy.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Stakeholder management

Cross-team coordination

Data analytics

Education

BS/MS in related discipline

Tools

AI analytics

Observability platforms

Capacity analytics tools

Job description

Apple Inc. is seeking a Data Center Capacity Planner to join the Infrastructure Services team in Sunnyvale, CA. You will partner with data center engineering, cloud platforms, and operations to forecast demand, ensure capacity readiness, and guide investment priorities for growth.

The role emphasizes governance, analytical insight, and collaboration across functions to align capacity planning with business needs. Strong data translation and stakeholder management are essential for success.