At a Glance
- Tasks: Analyse and forecast network capacity to support growth and optimise infrastructure.
- Company: Join AARNet, the pioneer of Australia's Internet for research and education.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible work options, and opportunities for professional development.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with a focus on innovation and career growth.
- Why this job: Shape the future of Australia's network infrastructure while making a real impact.
- Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in relevant field and 5 years of experience in network engineering.
The predicted salary is between 90000 - 110000 $ per year.
About AARNet
AARNet is Australia's National Research and Education Network (NREN), connecting over one million users across Australia. We are an organisation of innovators, doers, and courageous thinkers.
Role Purpose
The Capacity Planning Engineer plays a critical strategic role in ensuring our fibre, optical, routed, and data centre infrastructure scales reliably and cost-effectively to support business growth and customer needs. This role provides the technical and commercial foresight needed to guide infrastructure investment decisions, identify resiliency gaps and redundancy risks, and optimise utilisation across all network layers.
Key Accountabilities
- Capacity Analysis & Forecasting: Build and maintain capacity models for optical transport, routed networks, data centre facilities, and interconnectivity. Establish demand forecasting methodologies and generate monthly/quarterly utilisation reports and multi-year capacity projections.
- Infrastructure Optimisation & Strategy: Evaluate fibre routes, coverage gaps, geographic expansion, and redundancy posture; recommend buildouts, augmentations, and consolidations.
- Risk Management & Resiliency: Conduct infrastructure risk assessments to identify single points of failure, redundancy gaps, and model failure scenarios.
- Contract & Vendor Management: Maintain contract registry and provide data-driven analysis of vendor performance, service levels, and cost-to-capacity ratios.
- Strategic Communication & Reporting: Produce regular capacity reports, dashboards, and executive summaries for technical and business audiences.
Skills, Experience & Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Telecommunications, or related discipline (or equivalent professional experience).
- Minimum 5 years in network infrastructure engineering, capacity planning, network operations, or related roles.
- Proven ability to translate complex technical data into business-friendly recommendations.
- Understanding of optical network architectures, WDM, and optical transport concepts.
- Proficiency with network monitoring and management platforms.
Eligibility
Appointment is subject to a valid and legal right to work in Australia and the successful completion of pre-employment screening.
Performance Goals:
All employees are responsible for actively promoting safe work practices and contributing to a safe and supportive working environment.
Capacity Planning Engineer employer: AARNet
AARNet is an exceptional employer that fosters a collaborative and innovative work culture, where your expertise as a Strategic Network Capacity Planning Engineer will be valued and impactful. With a strong focus on employee growth, AARNet offers numerous professional development opportunities and encourages a healthy work-life balance in a vibrant location. Join us to be part of a forward-thinking team dedicated to shaping the future of network infrastructure in Australia.
