Network and Capacity Planner

The Network and Capacity Planner supports infrastructure growth, capacity management, colocation coordination, rack procurement, vendor engagement, and operational workflow execution across the Waypoint Trading Solutions infrastructure environment.

Responsibilities

• Capacity Planning Management
  • Assist senior planning resources in developing and maintaining Capacity Management Plans for data center power, space, and network switch port availability.
  • Build, maintain, and enhance reporting for capacity management, infrastructure forecasting, utilization tracking, and leadership review.
  • Analyze demand trends, sales pipelines, and infrastructure utilization to forecast capacity exhaustion and recommend proactive augmentations.
• Lifecycle & Inventory Management
  • Manage inventory tracking for data center hardware, focusing on network switching infrastructure availability and lead times.
  • Monitor warehouse min/max levels for BAU parts and collaborate on reporting improvements.
  • Work with the Facilities team to ensure contract inventories, renewal schedules, and vendor records are documented and managed.
  • Support analysis and activities regarding service contract renewals and EOL milestones for network switching infrastructure.
• Infrastructure Deployment Management
  • Support Waypoint growth initiatives and network expansion activities, including vendor deliverables and physical site readiness.
  • Partner with Legal, Procurement, Finance, Product, Engineering, Operations, and Sales throughout procurement and infrastructure deployment.
  • Track infrastructure expansion projects, rack acquisition, network switch allocations, deployment milestones, migration dependencies, and escalation items.
• Streamline Hosting Onboarding Activities
  • Manage Waypoint-related Nlyte and Salesforce work order activities, ensuring accurate documentation, completion, and escalation.
  • Identify opportunities to improve workflows, reporting, documentation quality, automation, and reduce operational handoffs.
  • Provide regular updates, capacity summaries, risks, issues, and recommendations to leadership and stakeholders.

Requirements

• Experience
  • Experience in the IT industry supporting data center design, data center operations, capacity management, or in a delivery project management role.
  • Strong communication, documentation, organization, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Knowledge of telecommunications network design principles, IP network design concepts, traffic engineering, and equipment capacity planning.
  • Experience with one or more of the following disciplines: data center design, power delivery systems, and capacity management.
• Technical Skills
  • Ability to analyze utilization data, business demand trends, sales pipelines, and infrastructure constraints.
  • Ability to conceptualize and build reports, and document requirements for new reports or enhancements.
  • Ability to coordinate multiple workstreams, vendors, internal teams, and business expansion priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Preferred Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Telecommunications, Information Technology, Engineering, Project Management, or a related field, or equivalent certifications, education, or demonstrated work experience.
  • Project or program management experience supporting cross-functional technical initiatives within the financial trading community.
  • Experience managing contracts, vendor relationships, colocation providers, or infrastructure procurement activities.
  • Experience interacting with Nlyte or an equivalent DCIM tool, Salesforce, project management tools, and inventory management systems.
• Immigration sponsorship (e.g., H-1B visa, F-1 visa (OPT), TN visa) is not currently available for this position.

Pay

For US candidates, the anticipated salary range is $101,000 - $121,000 annually. The actual amount may vary based on knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location.

Benefits

• Medical and dental coverage
• Life insurance
• Paid holidays and vacations
• 401(k) plan with company match