A company based in Vibhuti Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow is hiring a Senior Capacity Planning Engineer. Full-time, on-site, INR 127,000 a month.
What the role covers
- Monitor infrastructure utilization across compute, storage, and network resources on an ongoing basis
- Build forecasts for future capacity needs based on growth trends and upcoming product launches
- Model different growth scenarios to identify where infrastructure is likely to hit limits first
- Work with finance and procurement to plan hardware and cloud spend around projected demand
- Document capacity trends and forecasts so other teams can plan around the same data
One example from recent work: a forecasting model had assumed steady, linear growth for a particular service, but actual usage started climbing in a curve after a marketing campaign drove signups far faster than expected. The team caught it two weeks out by comparing real-time metrics against the forecast, giving just enough lead time to provision additional capacity before anything hit a hard limit. Spotting the gap between a model's assumptions and what's actually happening is a core part of this job.
Skills needed
Experience with capacity monitoring tools is essential, along with real forecasting ability, not just reading dashboards but projecting where the numbers are headed. Solid infrastructure knowledge ties it together, since forecasts only mean something if you understand what's actually being measured underneath them.
A few additional skills would strengthen an application:
- Statistical forecasting or time-series modeling experience
- Scripting ability in Python or R for building custom forecasting models
- Familiarity with monitoring platforms such as Grafana, Prometheus, or Datadog
- Experience with cloud cost optimization, particularly around right-sizing resources
Qualifications and experience
A bachelor's degree is required. The team has hired capacity planning engineers with backgrounds in computer science, statistics, and general engineering, so the specific major matters less than the analytical instinct behind it. This is a senior position that requires 96 months of hands-on experience in infrastructure capacity and forecasting.
Pay and benefits
The role pays INR 127,000 per month. This listing, posted through Naukri Mitra, includes health insurance, paid time off, and performance-linked bonuses tied to forecast accuracy and infrastructure cost management. Since the position is on-site in Gomti Nagar, relocation assistance and accommodation support are available for candidates relocating from elsewhere.
Life on the team
Most of the year is spent moving at a steady, analytical pace, reviewing dashboards, refining models, and presenting findings to infrastructure and finance teams. Things pick up sharply ahead of major product launches or seasonal traffic spikes, when forecasts need to be as accurate as possible, and the margin for error narrows considerably. Engineers who've stayed on this team a while describe the satisfaction of watching a forecast play out correctly months after the model was built, which isn't something every engineering role offers.
Applying
Send a resume that details specific forecasting or capacity planning work you've done, including the scale of infrastructure involved and how accurate your models turned out to be in hindsight. If you've built a forecasting tool or dashboard from scratch, describe what it tracked and why you built it that way. Shortlisted candidates undergo a technical discussion focused on a real-world capacity planning scenario before a final conversation about compensation and start date.
