Data Center Capacity & Analytics Planner

Apple Inc.; Elk Grove (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Austin, TX is seeking an experienced Data Center Capacity Planner to drive efficiency across data center engineering, cloud platforms, and operations. You will translate infrastructure demand into investment priorities and help ensure capacity readiness aligns with Apple’s growth.

This role emphasizes governance, automation, and AI-driven analytics, collaborating with finance, supply chain, and engineering to shape long-term data center strategy and scalable infrastructure.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in a related discipline or equivalent hands-on industry experience.
• Experience in data center operations, cloud platforms or capacity planning.
• 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 capacity insights to inform leadership on readiness, growth projections, and constraints.
• Oversee planning for physical data center infrastructure and alignment with growth and platform needs.
• Identify capacity risks and readiness gaps, enabling proactive mitigation.
• Establish and track performance metrics for capacity planning and operational discipline.
• Drive adoption of automation and AI driven analytics in data center capacity planning.
• Lead cross functional collaboration with engineering, cloud, data center, finance, and supply chain teams.
• Develop and lead data center strategy development initiatives.

Skills

Data center capacity planning

Cross-team planning

Analytical

Communication

Stakeholder management

Education

BS/MS in related discipline

Job description

Apple Inc. in Austin, TX is seeking an experienced Data Center Capacity Planner to drive efficiency across data center engineering, cloud platforms, and operations. You will translate infrastructure demand into investment priorities and help ensure capacity readiness aligns with Apple’s growth.

This role emphasizes governance, automation, and AI-driven analytics, collaborating with finance, supply chain, and engineering to shape long-term data center strategy and scalable infrastructure.