Data Center Capacity & Network Planning Lead

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

Life insurance

Paid holidays and vacation

401(k) plan with company match

Job summary

Transaction Network Services (TNS) is seeking a Network and Capacity Planner to support growth, capacity management, colocation coordination, and rack procurement across the Waypoint Trading Solutions infrastructure.

You will coordinate with engineering, operations, sales, product, procurement, finance, legal, and vendors to ensure site readiness, contract execution, and project tracking, while building reports and dashboards to forecast demand and mitigate capacity risks.

Qualifications

• Experience in IT industry supporting data center design, data center operations, capacity management, or in a delivery project management role.
• 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.

Skills

Capacity management

Stakeholder management

Telecommunications design

Data center operations

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Nlyte

Salesforce

Inventory systems

Job description

Transaction Network Services (TNS) is seeking a Network and Capacity Planner to support growth, capacity management, colocation coordination, and rack procurement across the Waypoint Trading Solutions infrastructure.

You will coordinate with engineering, operations, sales, product, procurement, finance, legal, and vendors to ensure site readiness, contract execution, and project tracking, while building reports and dashboards to forecast demand and mitigate capacity risks.