Capacity growth, capacity planning – drive cost efficiency and optimization
Efficiency engineering – building all the tooling, across forecasting & planning, capacity management, strategic initiatives with finance. Both teams are under platform engineering org
50% of the job would be to present the latest plans, recommendations to the leadership
Challenges in consumption, efficiencies, creating a model and reviewing with the engineering managers. Implementing forecast adjustments, planning process that exists today
Right now the Consumption attribution system exists, no need to build a new one. SME’s will provide hand off. This organization doesn’t exist today
Top 3 Skills Needed
Understanding experience and time series forecasting compute resourcing over time
Managed service tech stack, common patterns, common challenges, solving a consumption based problem
Growth modeling high level – application of growth models, understanding resource types, system models optimization over time
Building data pipelines, data sets
Soft skills – communication, interpersonal skills, learn and challenge the managed services managers, what all tech offerings are, where the designs may not be thought of correctly
BI tools – tableau – not mandatory, but nice to have
SQL, Apache Spark (data is in HIVE query)
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Bachelor's