Data Centre Capacity Planning Manager

Cloud & Data centre Capacity planning manager

The driving force behind our cloud & Data centre infrastructure at Mimecast

Dive into the forefront of innovation with our Operations team. Our pioneering infrastructure management pushes on the boundaries of what’s possible, leveraging the latest technologies and tooling in AWS, GCP & Datacentre infrastructure management.

Why Join Our Team?

“If you’re interested in managing both cloud & on-prem infrastructure at immense scale, then this role is for you. This role provides the opportunity to manage 15000+ physical servers over 20 Data centres, and a huge AWS, GCP presence. – Hiring Manager

Responsibilities

• Monitoring capacity in cloud & on-prem worlds
• Managing / Overlooking load tests
• Liaising with product teams to understand and forecast future demand
• Liaising with vendors, managing vendor relationships and negotiating contracts
• Managing the budget
• Developing and executing data centre strategies and roadmaps aligned with business objectives
• Identifying and implementing opportunities for continuous improvement and innovation
• Assisting in the FinOps side of Mimecast

Essential Requirements:

• Strong knowledge of data centre infrastructure and AWS architecture
• Good knowledge of server hardware and components
• Previous experience conducting load tests
• Basic understanding of software architecture
• Ability and experience in managing budgets effectively
• Effective communication skills for interacting with staff, vendors and upper management
• Strong knowledge of MS Excel
• Previous experience using dashboards and monitoring software (Graphite, Grafana, PowerBI etc.)
• String knowledge on FinOps practices

Good to have (but not required):

• Knowledge of a scripting language (Python)
• Knowledge of SQL
• Experience negotiating contracts with vendors

What We Bring

Join our Operations team to accelerate your career journey, working with cutting-edge technologies and contributing to projects that have real customer impact. You will be immersed in a dynamic environment that recognizes and celebrates your achievements.

Mimecast offers formal and on the job learning opportunities, maintains a comprehensive benefits package that helps our employees and their family members to sustain a healthy lifestyle, and importantly - working in cross functional teams to build your knowledge!

We believe in ‘growth that’s good, we have ‘a culture that cares’ and we are on a ‘mission that matters’.

Our Hybrid Model: We provide you with the flexibility to live balanced, healthy lives through our hybrid working model that champions both collaborative teamwork and individual flexibility. Employees are expected to come to the office at least two days per week, because working together in person:

• Fosters a culture of collaboration, communication, performance and learning
• Drives innovation and creativity within and between teams
• Introduces employees to priorities outside of their immediate realm
• Ensures important interpersonal relationships and connections with one another and our community!

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We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and we’d encourage you to join us whatever your background. We particularly welcome applicants from traditionally underrepresented groups.

We consider everyone equally: your race, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, ability, marital status, nationality, or any other protected characteristic won’t affect your application.

Due to certain obligations to our customers, an offer of employment will be subject to your successful completion of applicable background checks, conducted in accordance with local law.