Infrastructure Planning Analyst

CEI; Philadelphia, Northern (Philadelphia County, KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

CEI is seeking an Infrastructure Planning Analyst in Philadelphia, PA for a contract hybrid role. The candidate will analyze capacity, forecast growth, build models, and automate reporting across cloud and data center environments.

The position requires strong Excel, SQL, Python, and data visualization skills, with preference for cloud or virtualization experience. Hybrid schedule includes 2-4 days onsite, collaborating with infrastructure teams and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Proven capacity planning and forecasting experience.
• Strong Excel skills including complex modeling.
• SQL for data analysis and reporting.
• Python for automation and analytics.
• Experience with data visualization tools.
• Experience analyzing utilization, growth, performance, or infrastructure metrics.

Responsibilities

• Analyze infrastructure demand and utilization trends across cloud and data center environments.
• Build and maintain capacity forecasts for compute, storage, network, and virtualization platforms.
• Develop automated reporting, dashboards, alerts, and data models.
• Create forecasting tools used for infrastructure planning and procurement decisions.
• Partner with infrastructure teams to understand future growth requirements.
• Identify utilization risks and provide recommendations for capacity expansion.
• Support budgeting, infrastructure planning, and long-range forecasting initiatives.
• Present capacity data and recommendations to technical and business stakeholders.

Skills

Capacity planning

Excel (complex modeling)

SQL

Python

Data visualization

Infrastructure metrics analysis

Analytical thinking

Tools

Splunk

Grafana

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

Back Infrastructure Planning Analyst Other Philadelphia , PA Contract On-Site Oct 2, 2026 Role: Infrastructure Planning Analyst Location: Philadelphia, PA Rate: $55/hour W2 Schedule: Hybrid (2-4 days onsite)

Seeking an Infrastructure Planning Analyst with strong analytical and data skills to support infrastructure capacity planning and forecasting across enterprise cloud and data center environments. This role will focus on analyzing infrastructure demand, utilization trends, forecasting future growth, building capacity models, and automating reporting and alerting processes. The ideal candidate combines infrastructure knowledge with strong Excel, SQL, Python, and data visualization skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze infrastructure demand and utilization trends across cloud and data center environments.
• Build and maintain capacity forecasts for compute, storage, network, and virtualization platforms.
• Develop automated reporting, dashboards, alerts, and data models.
• Create forecasting tools used for infrastructure planning and procurement decisions.
• Partner with infrastructure teams to understand future growth requirements.
• Identify utilization risks and provide recommendations for capacity expansion.
• Support budgeting, infrastructure planning, and long-range forecasting initiatives.
• Present capacity data and recommendations to technical and business stakeholders.

Required Skills

• Capacity planning and forecasting experience
• Strong Excel skills including complex modeling
• SQL for data analysis and reporting
• Python for automation and analytics
• Experience with data visualization tools
• Experience analyzing utilization, growth, performance, or infrastructure metrics
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Preferred Skills

• Cloud infrastructure experience
• VMware, virtualization, or private cloud environments
• Splunk, Grafana, Tableau, or Power BI
• Data center infrastructure planning
• Infrastructure operations or systems engineering background