Senior Manager – Infrastructure Efficiency, Capacity Management

Cisco

. Build and lead an enterprise Infrastructure Efficiency and Capacity Management practice across compute, accelerated compute, storage, and Cloud/PaaS/Kubernetes platforms .

Posted 10/25/2026full-timeUnited StatesSenior💰 $160,000 - $203,600 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Infrastructure Efficiency and Capacity Management, with a strong focus on cloud/platform systems, capacity planning, and lifecycle economics. Proven ability to lead high-performing teams and implement evidence-based decision frameworks for infrastructure investments.

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Infrastructure EngineeringCapacity PlanningCloud/Platform SystemsTeam LeadershipData Analytics

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Hard Skills

Capacity EconomicsWorkload Utilization ModelingTCO ModelsDemand ForecastingQuantitative Capacity ModelsService ContinuityGovernancePolicy-as-CodeScenario AnalysesFinOps

Soft Skills

Strategic CommunicationCross-Functional Collaboration

Tools & Technologies

JiraServiceNowKubernetesCloud BillingObservability

Industry Keywords

Infrastructure EfficiencyHardware LifecyclesUnit EconomicsSavings PlansReserved Instances

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudKubernetesServiceNow

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build and lead an enterprise Infrastructure Efficiency and Capacity Management practice across compute, accelerated compute, storage, and Cloud/PaaS/Kubernetes platforms
Establish the core operating model connecting workload demand, usable capacity, hardware lifecycles, and unit economics
Lead an engineering and analytics organization responsible for infrastructure planning, workload placement, and lifecycle economics
Implement evidence-based decision frameworks for hardware investments, cloud commitments, and data center expansions
Build and lead engineers and analysts specializing in capacity economics, infrastructure data analytics, compute, and platform efficiency
Establish operating processes for demand forecasting, unit economics, supply allocation, opportunity tracking, and outcome verification across Jira and ServiceNow
Direct evaluations of infrastructure purchases, cloud expansions, and hardware refreshes using demand signals, utilization metrics, and TCO models
Govern efficiency strategies including workload placement, right-sizing, hardware reuse, lifecycle refresh timing, Savings Plans, and Reserved Instances
Partner with Corporate Finance to verify realized savings, cost avoidance, and capacity reclamation without double counting
Communicate strategic recommendations, technical trade-offs, and investment risks to executive leadership and cross-functional engineering teams

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
12+ years of professional experience in infrastructure engineering, cloud/platform systems, technical operations, or enterprise capacity planning
5+ years of direct experience building, managing, and leading high-performing teams of senior technical specialists
Experience directing infrastructure capacity planning, hardware/cloud resource lifecycles, workload utilization modeling, and service continuity in large-scale, multi-service technical environments
Experience developing, governing, or implementing quantitative capacity models, demand forecasts, scenario analyses, unit economics, or multi-million dollar TCO / CapEx/OpEx business cases
Experience evaluating technical system architectures and governing technical investment decisions with engineering, finance, procurement, and operations leadership
Experience with infrastructure supply-and-demand planning, refresh justification, capacity forecasting, or FinOps
Experience modeling cloud commitments such as Savings Plans or Reserved Instances
Familiarity with compute virtualization, Kubernetes, accelerated compute, GPU/TPU environments, storage, databases, or platform services
Experience using operational and financial data from observability, virtualization, Kubernetes, cloud billing, Jira, or ServiceNow systems
Experience establishing governance, policy-as-code, decision records, scorecards, or closed-loop operating rhythms
Experience validating savings, cost avoidance, utilization improvements, or capacity outcomes with Finance

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental and vision insurance
401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
Paid parental leave
Short- and long-term disability coverage
Basic life insurance
Cisco restricted stock unit grants may be available, subject to continued employment and vesting periods
10 paid holidays per full calendar year
1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
Paid year-end holiday shutdown
4 paid days off for personal wellness
16 days of paid vacation per full calendar year for non-exempt employees
Flexible vacation time off with no defined limit for eligible exempt employees, subject to availability and business limitations
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
Up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward annually
Additional paid time away for critical or emergency family issues
Optional 10 paid volunteer days per full calendar year
Annual bonuses for non-sales roles, subject to Cisco policies
Opportunities for growth and professional development