Tech Infra Program Manager, Capacity Delivery Planning
Amazon Data Services, Inc.
Herndon, Virginia, USA
Herndon, Virginia, USA
- IT
- Full-time
- capacity planning
- cloud infrastructure
- data center management
The Tech Infra Program Manager, Capacity Delivery Planning at AWS is responsible for planning and managing data center capacity and infrastructure utilization across multiple regions to support global cloud operations. The role involves coordinating with various teams to align demand with data center supply, resolving blockers, and driving projects to optimize power usage and network capacity. This position requires strong analytical, stakeholder management, and project management skills to deliver scalable, cost-effective infrastructure solutions.
Imagine being at the heart of cloud infrastructure strategy, where your analytical insights and collaborative approach directly shape the future of global technology infrastructure.
The AWS Infrastructure Capacity Planning Team is searching for a passionate and talented Regional Capacity Planner to drive capacity planning across multiple AWS regions, resulting in a single plan of record for each region. You will have goals to improve infrastructure utilization as well as availability. You will work across the AWS Organization to align demand with data center capacity and coordinate execution planning across AWS.
If you love being at the forefront of industry growth and development, applying your people skills and your analytical skills to drive insight into the business and improve the quality of key inputs, then this is a spot for you. This is a high impact role offering an opportunity work cross-functionally on lasting solutions that impact the long-term future of AWS.
Key job responsibilities
• Plan data center capacity for the 0-24-month horizon.
• Plan for rack retirements and migrations based on infra needs.
• Plan for network requirements per site for order plan and network reserve.
• Plan and initiate dedicated spine builds, intercept builds and resize per the recommended planning values.
• Intercept builds for emerging customer requirements and communicate changes per established process.
• Resolve racks on hold blockers to meet the org goals.
• Resolve blocked order blockers to meet the org goals.
• Resolve position usability defects to meet the org goals.
• Initiate and manage projects to meet power usage targets.
• Perform customer impact analysis as needed.
• Work with supply chain and service owners to prioritize rack landings in constrained regions.
• Prepare and present mitigated views in weekly review meetings.
• Deep dive and communicate supply changes (WoW, MoM).
• Perform position inventory and build updates as needed.
• Work with brick planners and network TPMs on resolving position constraints.
About the team
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.
You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.
About AWS
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
Why AWS?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Inclusive Team Culture
AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.
Mentorship & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.
#DCPD_Delivery
- 3+ years of defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience
- Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL
- Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
- Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams
- Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization
- Experience building processes, project management, and schedules
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $114,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $205,500/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
The AWS Infrastructure Capacity Planning Team is searching for a passionate and talented Regional Capacity Planner to drive capacity planning across multiple AWS regions, resulting in a single plan of record for each region. You will have goals to improve infrastructure utilization as well as availability. You will work across the AWS Organization to align demand with data center capacity and coordinate execution planning across AWS.
If you love being at the forefront of industry growth and development, applying your people skills and your analytical skills to drive insight into the business and improve the quality of key inputs, then this is a spot for you. This is a high impact role offering an opportunity work cross-functionally on lasting solutions that impact the long-term future of AWS.
Key job responsibilities
• Plan data center capacity for the 0-24-month horizon.
• Plan for rack retirements and migrations based on infra needs.
• Plan for network requirements per site for order plan and network reserve.
• Plan and initiate dedicated spine builds, intercept builds and resize per the recommended planning values.
• Intercept builds for emerging customer requirements and communicate changes per established process.
• Resolve racks on hold blockers to meet the org goals.
• Resolve blocked order blockers to meet the org goals.
• Resolve position usability defects to meet the org goals.
• Initiate and manage projects to meet power usage targets.
• Perform customer impact analysis as needed.
• Work with supply chain and service owners to prioritize rack landings in constrained regions.
• Prepare and present mitigated views in weekly review meetings.
• Deep dive and communicate supply changes (WoW, MoM).
• Perform position inventory and build updates as needed.
• Work with brick planners and network TPMs on resolving position constraints.
About the team
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.
You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.
About AWS
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
Why AWS?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Inclusive Team Culture
AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.
Mentorship & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.
#DCPD_Delivery
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of technical infrastructure management experience- 3+ years of defining and implementing process improvement initiatives using data and metrics experience
- Knowledge of Excel (Pivot Tables, VLookUps) at an advanced level and SQL
- Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
- Experience working cross functionally with tech and non-tech teams
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of driving end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership experience- Experience in stakeholder management, dealing with multiple stakeholders at varied levels of the organization
- Experience building processes, project management, and schedules
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $114,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $205,500/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
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