Sr Cloud Engineer - Capacity Planning and Operations

The Cloud Engineer - Capacity Planning and Operations will lead initiatives related to cloud resource demand forecasting, capacity supply management, strategic cost optimization, and capacity safety initiatives. You will work closely with product & platform engineering, product management, strategic finance, and efficiency teams to operationalize cloud resource allocation, streamline internal processes, and ensure cost-effective and scalable infrastructure. This role will require a deep understanding of capacity demand and supply management, resource forecasting, cloud platforms, along with hands-on experience in managing cloud pricing models, optimizing consumption, and driving process improvements across teams. Additionally, having knowledge and experience with capacity provisioning operations will be hugely beneficial. As a key leader, you will ensure accurate forecasting, drive cost-saving initiatives, and refine internal workflows to enhance collaboration and efficiency in managing cloud infrastructure. You will also serve as a strategic partner to key stakeholders across the organization, ensuring alignment on infrastructure needs, resource planning, and cost management.

What the Candidate Will Need / Bonus Points

• What the Candidate Will Do -

• Understand and execute on all aspects of capacity operations, both on-prem and vendor/cloud
• Collaborate with Efficiency team to create a strategy for tracking all returns of capacity to vendors for ensuring cost reduction/savings opportunities
• Establish good relationships internally with capacity stakeholders (product and platform engineering), as well as external vendors to align demand with supply
• Provide visibility into capacity availability and allocation potential
• On-call work for capacity scaling operations to align with business volatility

Do you have experience in Pricing?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, * 7+ years of experience in technical program management, with majority years focused on cloud infrastructure management, capacity planning, and/or resource demand forecasting.

• Proven experience in managing cloud environments at scale, including strong experience with OCI, AWS, Azure and/or GCP.
• Extensive experience in cloud cost optimization, including hands-on experience with cloud vendor pricing models, Reserved Instances, CUDs/Reservations, and other cost and capacity optimization strategies.

Skills & Knowledge:

• Strong understanding of cloud architecture, resource provisioning, and capacity management.
• Good knowledge of cloud vendor-specific tools and features for resource utilization and provisioning, cost optimization, and pricing models.
• Experience with creating operational excellence for capacity management, supply allocation, demand vs supply reconciliation.
• Familiarity with capacity management and cost optimization tools across multiple cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI).

Stakeholder Management & Communication:

• Strong ability to manage and influence a broad set of internal stakeholders, including senior leadership, technical teams, and finance teams.
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to distill complex technical and financial information into clear, actionable insights for non-technical stakeholders.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field., * Experience with advanced analytics, machine learning, or AI-driven forecasting for resource planning and cost optimization.
• Experience in rapidly scaling environments, with a focus on driving both performance and cost efficiency in cloud resource management.