Data Center Capacity Strategist (Equity + Bonus)

Meta; Forest City (IA); On-site; USD 84,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Meta is seeking a Data Center Capacity Engineer to plan, analyze, and optimize capacity across its global data center fleet. You will translate demand forecasts and utilization data into deployment strategies to ensure Meta's data centers can support billions of users.

You will collaborate with infrastructure, network, and operations teams to align capacity supply with business demand, identify bottlenecks, and drive efficient use of compute, storage, and power at scale.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in capacity planning, demand and supply management, or infrastructure management.
• Experience with process ownership and systems development.
• Knowledge of enterprise networking, server, and storage installs.
• Strong communication and ability to influence across audiences.

Responsibilities

• Overall accountability for capacity workflows, coordinating cross-functional partners to meet capacity demands.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to implement strategies and drive initiatives for data center operations improvements.
• Analyze capacity demands and translate data into local site plans for rapid capacity delivery.
• Plan and lead cross-functional data center teams on capacity projects, considering dependencies (production resiliency, power, cooling, network, server, and apps).
• Build cross-functional relationships to influence policies and improve regional/global operations.
• Implement and share best practices across global data centers and establish standard practices for innovation, collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, and safety.
• Drive alignment and execution of capacity, engineering, and operational initiatives across partners at the site.
• Lead data analytics to identify inefficiencies and respond before uptime impacts.
• Perform root cause analysis of complex issues and drive resolutions.
• Create/improve global standards for processes and automation roadmaps for deployment, maintenance, and decommissioning of server hardware at scale.
• Work with Meta hardware/software teams to resolve complex technical issues affecting computing infrastructure.
• Share knowledge with capacity team members locally and globally.

Skills

Capacity planning

Demand & supply management

Ops planning

Infra management

Data center ops

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Communication

Education

BS/BA in a relevant field

Tools

SQL

Python

Job description

Meta is seeking a Data Center Capacity Engineer to plan, analyze, and optimize capacity across its global data center fleet. You will translate demand forecasts and utilization data into deployment strategies to ensure Meta's data centers can support billions of users.

You will collaborate with infrastructure, network, and operations teams to align capacity supply with business demand, identify bottlenecks, and drive efficient use of compute, storage, and power at scale.