Senior Cloud Capacity Architect

Thenewyorktimes; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Flexible Spending Accounts

401(k) plan with company matching

Paid vacation and sick days

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

The New York Times is seeking a Senior Capacity Engineer to optimize cloud capacity and spending strategies. This role involves designing capacity models and working across teams to ensure efficient cloud resource use.

Ideal candidates will have over 8 years of experience in capacity engineering and a strong understanding of cloud economics. The position offers a dynamic work environment where your insights will directly support the newsroom's ability to act rapidly on significant news events.

Qualifications

• Experience modeling capacity for large-scale distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of cloud architectures and cost drivers.
• Proficiency in cloud cost and usage tools.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain forward-looking capacity models.
• Translate growth into infrastructure capacity plans.
• Partner with teams to analyze scaling behavior.

Skills

Capacity modeling

Cloud economics

Data analysis

SRE collaboration

Forecasting

Education

8–10+ years in cloud cost management or capacity engineering

Tools

AWS Cost Explorer

GCP Billing/Export

FinOut

SQL/BigQuery

Job description

The New York Times is seeking a Senior Capacity Engineer to optimize cloud capacity and spending strategies. This role involves designing capacity models and working across teams to ensure efficient cloud resource use.

Ideal candidates will have over 8 years of experience in capacity engineering and a strong understanding of cloud economics. The position offers a dynamic work environment where your insights will directly support the newsroom's ability to act rapidly on significant news events.