Data Center Deployment Planner, Infrastructure Services

Do you want to help build some of the largest and most consequential enterprise and customer technology systems in the world Join Apples Information Systems and Technology (ISu0026T) organization. ISu0026T is the engine behind everything Apple does for customers and for the people who build for them. Its Apples central nervous system. Supporting 2.5 billion active Apple devices processing billions of secure transactions and keeping the technology that defines modern life running flawlessly ISu0026T makes the impossible feel you love building solutions to handle global complexity and immense scale Imagine what you could do Services is part of ISu0026T and the foundation of Apples global network operations managing data center equipment and systems to deliver compute storage and networking services for teams across Apple including its internal developer community. From individual facilities to a worldwide network Infrastructure Services ensures the technology underneath everything works without Data Center Deployment team is dedicated to driving the global infrastructure readiness to support the latest innovations in Apples product and service offerings. The team is seeking a driven and dynamic individual passionate in making Apples infrastructure goals a reality. Youll play a pivotal role in aligning Data Center team deliverables with critical timelines for the introduction of these new products and services.

The Data Center Deployment Planner leads the end-to-end planning allocation and physical delivery of our global server and compute/storage this role you will bridge the gap between business demand hardware supply chain facilities and on-site operations across multiple campuses and partner-operated facilities. Rather than turning wrenches on the floor you will conceptualize document and orchestrate complex deployment programs to accelerate time-to-first-compute.

With minimal oversight drive deployment projects from initial planning stages all the way to completion by coordinating with SREs PMs Site Services Network and Logistics partners across the globenConceptualize document and translate high-level architecture into clear actionable scopes of work rack SKUs and deployment plans for onsite and remote partners to executenWork closely with customers and partner teams to define a deployment strategy including hardware network and security architecture and resiliency plans. nRemotely triage and isolate deployment blockerscoordinating between remote hands technicians network engineers and hardware engineering to unblock issues quickly.

4 years of experience in data center networking or infrastructure fields including capacity planning or deployment management for hyperscale enterprise fleetsnn3 years of technical program or project management experience with a track record of delivering complex large-scale data center programsnnBachelors degree in Engineering Computer Science Information Technology Management Information Systems Networking or a related field; OR equivalent job-related experience

Understanding of both physical and logical networking fundamentals. Experience with different types of switches connectors patch panels and cables. Knowledge of basic network architecture such as TCP/IP and L2/L3 topologies and functions such as DHCP DNS and 5 years of experience in a UNIX-based data center environment with proficiency working in command line (CLI) shells on servers and network appliances remote administration and basic scripting with bash and/or with the ability to build peer and external relationshipsntAble to provide detailed instructions for partners to follow and executent5 years experience in project management of infrastructure services or related technical domains with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneouslynExperience with GPU/accelerator or high-density liquid-cooled collaborator with excellent communication skills; able to articulate complex ideas in a direct concise and seek process improvements and strategies to further automate and streamline deployment ability to manage high-stakes customer expectations negotiate deployment trade-offs during supply chain or site delays and maintain customer confidence through proactive communication and milestone transparency.