Apple
Data Center Capacity Planner, Infrastructure Services
$127K–$268K
Austin, Texas +3 · Full-time · Posted Sep 8, 2026
- Location
- Austin, Texas
Elk Grove, California
Maiden, North Carolina
Sunnyvale, California - Experience
- Preferred: 3-5+ years in infrastructure operations, cloud platforms, capacity planning, or engineering program leadership; no minimum years stated.
- Education
- BS/MS in a related discipline or equivalent hands-on industry experience.
About the job
Plans data center physical infrastructure capacity, analyzes demand and readiness, and guides long-term investment priorities and strategy.
What you'll do
- Analyze infrastructure demand, capacity outlook, readiness, risks, and scaling needs; communicate insights to leadership.
- Coordinate physical data center capacity planning and establish metrics and consistent planning practices across teams.
- Drive adoption of automation and AI-driven analytics, and lead cross-functional data center strategy initiatives.
What they ask for
- BS/MS in a related discipline or equivalent hands-on industry experience.
- Experience in data center colocation operations and management, infrastructure operations, cloud platforms, capacity planning, or engineering program leadership.
- Experience coordinating cross-team planning initiatives in complex infrastructure environments.
- Ability to translate infrastructure data and analytics into strategic insights for senior leadership; strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Nice to have
- 3-5+ years of experience in infrastructure operations, cloud platforms, capacity planning, or engineering program leadership.
- Knowledge of AI/ML, compute infrastructure, cloud platforms, large-scale distributed systems, hybrid infrastructure, capacity governance, telemetry, observability, or AI-driven planning.
Pay
USD 140,700–268,400 base salary; USD 126,600–241,900 base salary
Tools
AI/ML, cloud platforms, large scale distributed systems, infrastructure telemetry, observability platforms, capacity analytics tools
AI focus
Drive adoption of automation and AI-driven analytics in capacity planning, with governance and strategic oversight of insights.
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