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About the Role

The Network and Capacity Planner supports infrastructure growth, capacity management, colocation coordination, rack procurement, vendor engagement, and operational workflow execution. This role combines network and capacity planning with program coordination to ensure resources are planned, tracked, and delivered in alignment with business demand. The position serves as a primary coordinator for Waypoint growth initiatives and related integration activities, working closely with various internal teams and external partners.

Responsibilities

Assist senior planning resources in developing and maintaining Capacity Management Plans for data center power and space, and network switch port availability.
Build, maintain, and enhance reporting used to support 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.
Manage inventory tracking for data center hardware, with a focus 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 appropriately.
Support analysis and activities regarding service contract renewals and EOL milestones for network switching infrastructure.
Support Waypoint growth initiatives and network expansion activities, including vendor deliverables and overall physical site readiness.
Partner with Legal, Procurement, Finance, Product, Engineering, Operations, and Sales throughout procurement and infrastructure deployment activities.
Track infrastructure expansion projects, rack acquisition, network switch allocations, deployment milestones, migration dependencies, and escalation items.
Manage Waypoint-related Nlyte and Salesforce work order activities, ensuring all changes are accurately documented, completed, and escalated as needed.
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 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.
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.
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.

Skills

Capacity Planning
Network Planning
Data Center Operations
Infrastructure Growth
Colocation Coordination
Rack Procurement
Vendor Engagement
Operational Workflow Execution
Reporting
Forecasting
Utilization Tracking
Demand Trend Analysis
Sales Pipeline Analysis
Inventory Management
Hardware Tracking
Network Switching Infrastructure
Warehouse Min/Max Levels
Contract Management
Service Contract Renewals
EOL Milestones
Infrastructure Deployment
Site Readiness
Procurement
Project Tracking
Nlyte
Salesforce
Work Order Management
Workflow Improvement
Automation
Stakeholder Management
Telecommunications Network Design
IP Network Design
Traffic Engineering
Equipment Capacity Planning
Data Center Design
Power Delivery Systems
DCIM Tools
Project Management Tools

Location

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Mid-level

Education Level

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Salary/Compensations

$101,000 - $121,000

Benefits

Medical coverage
Dental coverage
Life insurance
Paid holidays
Paid vacations
401(k) plan with company match

About the Company

Waypoint Trading Solutions, a TNS business, provides global financial institutions with fast, reliable access to the destinations and data they need, helping firms navigate complexity with transparency.
If you are passionate about technology, love personal growth and opportunity, come see what TNS is all about!

Equal Opportunity

TNS is an equal opportunity employer. TNS evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.