Network Capacity Planner

What Youll Do:

CoreWeave is a dynamic high-growth technology company. For this role we particularly want someone who is inquisitive and enjoys working on complex questions and tackling new challenges. We are working on solving some of the most challenging and interesting technology projects around on a scale unmatched by most.

About The Role:

As a Network Capacity Planner II Reporting to the Director Capacity Planning you will play a critical role in ensuring our global datacenter network infrastructure is optimized for scalability and efficiency. You will be responsible for partnering with Network Engineering teams to forecast and plan network capacity to support the rapid growth of our cloud infrastructure. This role requires a technical understanding of network design topologies and capacity planning.

In this role you will:

• Develop and maintain capacity models for network infrastructure across backbone metro data center and edge networks.
• Partner with network engineering and architecture teams to ensure alignment of physical infrastructure with logical network architecture designs.
• Forecast hardware and optical component requirements (e.g. switches routers optics transceivers) to support supply planning and procurement cycles.
• Forecast bandwidth port and optical transport capacity needs based on customer growth product expansion and usage patterns.
• Analyze network utilization trends and identify bottlenecks or inefficiencies to inform optimization opportunities.
• Perform scenario and what-if analysis to support decisions on network expansions and build-outs.
• Collaborate with datacenter compute and GPU planning teams to ensure holistic infrastructure capacity alignment.
• Support supply chain teams by providing forward-looking requirements and lead time visibility.
• Develop and maintain KPIs and dashboards to monitor network capacity
• Help build requirements to support planning tools data pipelines and automation to improve forecasting and visibility.

Who You Are:

• 57 years of experience in network capacity planning network engineering or infrastructure planning roles.
• Understanding of IP networking optical transport systems and data center interconnect architectures.
• Familiarity with routers switches and associated metrics (e.g. bandwidth utilization port density).
• Experience with data analysis tools such as Excel SQL Looker or Tableau.
• Strong analytical modeling and forecasting skills to make data-driven recommendations.
• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally across infrastructure engineering and business teams.
• Comfortable working in a high-growth fast-paced environment where priorities evolve quickly.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
• Experience with network monitoring inventory management or capacity tools (e.g. Kentik NetBox Grafana) is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with network monitoring inventory management or capacity planning tools (e.g. Kentik NetBox Grafana).

Wondering if youre a good fitWe believe in investing in our people and value candidates who can bring their own diversified experiences to our teams even if you arent a 100% skill or experience match. Here are a few qualities weve found compatible with our team. If some of this describes you wed love to talk.

• You love to problem-solve with a proactive and analytical mindset.
• Youre curious about Kubernetes Docker and containerized infrastructure
• Youre an expert in excellent communication and demonstrate the ability to collaborate in a fast-paced environment.

Why CoreWeave

At CoreWeave we work hard have fun and move fast! Were in an exciting stage of hyper-growth that you will not want to miss out on. Were not afraid of a little chaos and were constantly learning. Our team cares deeply about how we build our product and how we work together which is represented through our core values:

• Be Curious at Your Core
• Act Like an Owner
• Empower Employees
• Deliver Best-in-Class Client Experiences
• Achieve More Together

We support and encourage an entrepreneurial outlook and independent thinking. We foster an environment that encourages collaboration and provides the opportunity to develop innovative solutions to complex problems. As we get set for take off the growth opportunities within the organization are constantly expanding. You will be surrounded by some of the best talent in the industry who will want to learn from you too. Come join us!

The base salary range for this role is $98000 to $130000. The starting salary will be determined based on job-related knowledge skills experience and market location. We strive for both market alignment and internal equity when determining addition to base salary our total rewards package includes a discretionary bonus equity awards and a comprehensive benefits program (all based on eligibility).