Global Hardware Capacity & Data Center Network Lead

Meta

Menlo Park (CA)

On-site

USD 300,000 - 420,000

Full time

14 days+
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Job summary

Meta seeks an experienced capacity engineering leader to oversee hardware capacity planning for network and data center equipment across the company’s global infrastructure.

You will lead a team responsible for forecasting, supply planning, and supply management of switches, routers, optical transport systems, and data center hardware for billions of users across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Reality Labs.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in capacity planning, network infrastructure planning, or data center hardware engineering.
  • 5+ years leading engineering or technical planning teams, including hiring and performance management.
  • Experience with demand forecasting and capacity modeling for large-scale network or data center hardware portfolios.

Responsibilities

  • Lead capacity planning for global network and data center hardware.
  • Forecast demand and manage supply Planning and lifecycle decisions.
  • Partner with network, data center operations, supply chain, and finance to align investments.
  • Communicate capacity strategies and risk assessments to senior leadership.
  • Develop and scale capacity planning tooling, automation, or data pipelines.

Skills

Capacity planning
Forecasting
DC hardware
Network infrastructure planning
Leadership
Stakeholder comms
Capital budgeting
TCO modeling
AI tooling
Vendor ecosystems

Job description

Meta seeks an experienced capacity engineering leader to oversee hardware capacity planning for network and data center equipment across the company’s global infrastructure.

You will lead a team responsible for forecasting, supply planning, and supply management of switches, routers, optical transport systems, and data center hardware for billions of users across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Reality Labs.

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