Capacity Planning Engineer

All Jobs  >  Capacity Planning Engineer Apply Capacity Planning Engineer Allen, TX Apply Description The Capacity Planning Engineer is responsible for the strategic planning, forecasting, monitoring, and optimization of FiberLight’s transport, IP/MPLS, Ethernet, optical, and backbone network infrastructure. This role ensures sufficient network capacity is available to support customer growth while maximizing the utilization of existing assets, minimizing service delivery delays, and supporting the company’s long-term network expansion strategy.As part of the Strategic Engineering team, the Capacity Planning Engineer develops and maintains the tools, dashboards, engineering standards, and forecasting models used to monitor network utilization, identify capacity constraints, and proactively initiate augmentation projects before customer demand or network performance is impacted.This position serves as the subject matter expert for network capacity management across FiberLight’s MPLS backbone, Layer 2 Ethernet services, optical transport infrastructure, DWDM spectrum utilization, fiber route availability, and infrastructure expansion planning. Success in this role enables predictable service delivery, informed capital planning, improved network efficiency, and scalable growth across the organization.Essential Job FunctionsNetwork Capacity PlanningDevelop and maintain long-term capacity strategies for FiberLight’s national and regional network infrastructure.Monitor utilization across IP/MPLS, Ethernet, optical transport, DWDM, and backbone network environments.Forecast network growth using historical utilization trends, customer demand, sales projections, and strategic business initiatives.Identify potential capacity constraints and recommend infrastructure augmentations before service delivery or network performance is impacted.Maintain short-term and long-term capacity forecasts ranging from 30 days to 36 months.MPLS & Ethernet Network Capacity ManagementMonitor and analyze utilization across all MPLS backbone links and core network infrastructure.Track Layer 2 Ethernet service consumption and available switching capacity.Develop and maintain capacity models that support customer growth while preserving network performance and reliability.Establish and manage oversubscription policies for customer-facing services.Define utilization thresholds and engineering triggers requiring capacity review or augmentation.Optical Transport & Spectrum ManagementMonitor wavelength utilization across FiberLight’s optical transport platforms.Maintain visibility into available optical spectrum across all transport routes.Track channel assignments, wavelength availability, amplifier loading, route diversity, and overall transport capacity.Identify risks related to spectrum exhaustion and recommend capacity upgrades, route optimization, or network redesigns.Develop standards and policies governing wavelength allocation and spectrum utilization.Capacity Monitoring, Reporting & AutomationDesign and develop dashboards that provide actionable visibility into network utilization and capacity trends.Create and maintain automated reporting for:Backbone utilizationOptical spectrum availabilityPort utilizationCircuit consumptionFiber pair utilizationTransport capacityEquipment capacityGrowth and demand trendsPartner with Business Intelligence and IT teams to automate reporting, forecasting, and capacity analytics.Develop predictive tools and models that identify future network constraints before they affect customer orders or operational performance.Engineering Standards & GovernanceDevelop and maintain engineering standards, policies, and procedures related to:Capacity planning methodologiesOversubscription ratiosBackbone utilization thresholdsOptical spectrum managementCapacity augmentation triggersDemand forecastingEquipment lifecycle planningStrategic customer capacity...