Data Center Capacity & Network Planner

Transaction Network Services (TNS); South Carolina; On-site; USD 101,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & Dental

Life Insurance

401(k) with match

Job summary

Waypoint Trading Solutions, a TNS business, is seeking a Network and Capacity Planner to support growth, capacity management, and rack provisioning across the Waypoint infrastructure. You will coordinate with Engineering, Operations, Sales, Product, Procurement, Finance, Legal, and vendors to ensure readiness, contract execution, and project tracking.

You will manage data center power and space plans, monitor asset inventories and lead times, and drive deployment readiness for network expansion,

Qualifications

• Experience in IT industry supporting data center design, data center operations, capacity management, or delivery project management.
• Strong communication, documentation, organization, and stakeholder management skills.
• Knowledge of telecommunications network design principles, IP network design concepts, traffic engineering, and equipment capacity planning.
• Experience with data center design, power delivery systems, and capacity management.

Responsibilities

• Assist senior planning resources in developing and maintaining Capacity Management Plans for data center power and space, and network switch port availability for Waypoint products and services.
• Build, maintain, and enhance reporting used to support capacity management, infrastructure forecasting, utilization tracking, and leadership review.
• Analyze demand trends, sales pipelines, and infrastructure utilization to forecast capacity exhaustion and recommend proactive augmentations.
• Manage inventory tracking for data center hardware, with a focus on network switching infrastructure availability and lead times.
• Monitor warehouse min/max levels for BAU parts and collaborate on reporting improvements.
• Work with the Facilities team to ensure contract inventories, renewal schedules, and vendor records are documented and managed appropriately.
• Support analysis and activities regarding service contract renewals and EOL milestones for network switching infrastructure.

Skills

Capacity planning

Data center operations

Stakeholder management

Reporting & analytics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/Engineering

Equivalent certifications

Tools

Nlyte

Salesforce

DCIM tools

Inventory systems

Job description

Waypoint Trading Solutions, a TNS business, is seeking a Network and Capacity Planner to support growth, capacity management, and rack provisioning across the Waypoint infrastructure. You will coordinate with Engineering, Operations, Sales, Product, Procurement, Finance, Legal, and vendors to ensure readiness, contract execution, and project tracking.

You will manage data center power and space plans, monitor asset inventories and lead times, and drive deployment readiness for network expansion,