Infrastructure Planning Manager

Apple, Inc.

Austin, TX

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Analysis Skills, Apple, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Automation, Business Plan, Capacity Analysis, Capacity Management, Capacity Strategy, Cloud Computing, Communication Skills, Computer Science, Cross-Functional, Customer Experience, Data Analysis, Distributed Computing, Diversity, Finance, Information Technology & Information Systems, Large-Scale Systems, Leadership, Network Operations Center, Operations Planning, Performance Analysis, Performance Metrics, Software Engineering, Supply Chain, Team Building, Team Lead/Manager, Telemetry
LOCATION
Austin, TX
POSTED
Today
Infrastructure Planning Manager

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Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of quickly becoming great products, services, and customer experiences. Every new product we build, service we create, or Apple Store experience we deliver is the result of us making each other's ideas stronger. That happens because every one of us shares a belief that we can make something wonderful and share it with the world, changing lives for the better. It's the diversity of our people and their thinking that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. When we bring everybody in, we can do the best work of our lives. Here, you'll do more than join something — you'll add something.

Description

We are seeking an Infrastructure Planning Manager to lead the Infrastructure Capacity Strategy and Governance function, responsible for providing centralized oversight of infrastructure demand, capacity readiness, and hardware supply across server and cloud environments. This role serves as a strategic coordination point across infrastructure engineering, cloud platforms, and data center operations, ensuring the organization maintains a clear, forward-looking view of infrastructure capacity needs and risks. As infrastructure planning increasingly relies on automation and AI-driven analytics, this role focuses on governance, strategic interpretation of capacity insights, and cross-organizational alignment. The manager will guide capacity-planning discipline across teams, translate infrastructure demand into actionable investment priorities, and ensure that hardware supply and infrastructure readiness support the company's growth.

Responsibilities
  • Lead the infrastructure capacity strategy and governance framework, providing leadership with a holistic view of infrastructure demand, capacity outlook, and long term scaling considerations across server and cloud environments.
  • Consolidate and interpret infrastructure capacity insights from engineering and platform teams to inform leadership on infrastructure readiness, growth projections, and potential constraints.
  • Oversee IS&T-wide planning and coordination for bare metal infrastructure, ensuring hardware demand and deployment timelines align with infrastructure growth and platform needs.
  • Identify and communicate infrastructure capacity risks and readiness gaps to enable proactive mitigation and support reliable platform scaling.
  • Establish and track performance metrics for capacity planning to promote consistent planning practices and operational discipline across teams.
  • Drive the adoption of automation and AI-driven analytics in infrastructure planning, ensuring the organization leverages advanced insights while maintaining strong governance and strategic oversight.
  • Lead cross-functional collaboration and team development, partnering with engineering, cloud, data center, finance, and supply chain teams to align infrastructure capacity planning with business priorities.
Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
  • Strong experience in infrastructure operations, cloud platforms, capacity planning, or technical program leadership
  • Experience coordinating cross-team planning initiatives in complex infrastructure environments
  • Ability to translate infrastructure data and analytics into strategic insights for senior leadership
  • Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills
Preferred Qualifications
  • 7–10+ years of experience in infrastructure operations, cloud platforms, capacity planning, or technical program leadership
  • Strong understanding of AI/ML, compute infrastructure, cloud platforms, and large-scale distributed systems
  • Hybrid infrastructure environments spanning data center and cloud platforms
  • Infrastructure planning, capacity governance, or infrastructure strategy functions
  • Experience working with infrastructure telemetry, observability platforms, or capacity analytics tools
  • Exposure to AI-driven analytics or automated infrastructure planning systems

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant At Apple, we believe accessibility is a fundamental human right. You'll find that idea reflected in everything here — in our culture, our benefits and our digital tools. By welcoming as many perspectives as possible, we help you build a career where you feel like you belong. Learn about accessibility in Apple's workplace Learn about reasonable accommodations for job applicants Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.

About the Company

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Apple, Inc.

We bring amazing people together to make amazing things happen.

We’re a diverse collection of thinkers and doers, continually reimagining what’s possible to help us all do what we love in new ways. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, as well as with services, including iTunes, the App Store, Apple Music, and Apple Pay. And the same passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices — strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it.

About Apple

There’s a place here for every kind of brilliant. Everyone here is an innovator, or an innovator-to-be, no matter what your team or your role. So bring your passion, courage, and original thinking and get ready to share it, because every new product, service, or feature we invent is the result of people working together to make each others’ ideas stronger. Innovation at this level depends on people who represent the variety of the human experience and inspire us with their own fresh perspectives. Together, we’ll do amazing work that can make a difference in people’s lives. Including your own. Learn more about working at Apple.

COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Computer/IT Services
FOUNDED
1976
WEBSITE
https://www.apple.com/jobs