Infrastructure Efficiency & Capacity Strategy Leader

Cisco Systems, Inc.; North Carolina; Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 204,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) plan with company match

Parental leave

Disability coverage

Generous vacation and sick time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Senior Manager to build and lead an enterprise Infrastructure Efficiency and Capacity Management practice across compute, GPU/TPU, storage, and Cloud/PaaS/Kubernetes platforms.

The role focuses on forecasting, cost optimization, and strategic investment decisions for senior leadership. You will direct an analytics organization responsible for multi-million dollar planning, workload placement, and lifecycle economics, bridging engineering with financial

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience).
• 12+ years of professional experience in infrastructure engineering, cloud/platform systems, technical operations, or enterprise capacity planning.
• 5+ years of direct experience building, managing, and leading high-performing teams of senior technical specialists.
• Experience directing infrastructure capacity planning, hardware/cloud lifecycles, workload utilization modeling, and service continuity at scale.
• Proven experience evaluating technical system architectures and governing investment decisions with cross-functional leadership.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a high-caliber team of engineers and analysts.
• Establish a repeatable operating model for demand forecasting, unit economics, and capacity planning.
• Direct independent evaluations of infrastructure purchases, cloud expansions, and hardware refreshes using demand signals and TCO models.
• Govern cross-domain efficiency strategies including workload placement, right-sizing, and cloud commitments.
• Partner with Corporate Finance to verify savings and capacity reclamation without double counting.
• Communicate strategic recommendations and investment risks to executive teams.

Skills

Leadership

Capacity planning

TCO modeling

Cloud/Infra experience

Data analytics

Executive briefing

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE/IS/Business

Tools

Jira

ServiceNow

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Senior Manager to build and lead an enterprise Infrastructure Efficiency and Capacity Management practice across compute, GPU/TPU, storage, and Cloud/PaaS/Kubernetes platforms.

The role focuses on forecasting, cost optimization, and strategic investment decisions for senior leadership. You will direct an analytics organization responsible for multi-million dollar planning, workload placement, and lifecycle economics, bridging engineering with financial