• Synonymous designation: HW/SW planner, capacity planner
  • Job group: Planing (Plan)
  • Job number: 66
  • Junior (S1)
  • Professional (S2)
  • Senior (S3)
  • Expert (S4)
  • Senior-Expert (S5)
  • Lower management (M1)
  • Middle management (M2)
  • Higher management (M3)
  • Upper management (M4)

Professional Tasks

  • Defining, designing and creating service continuity plans and management reports
  • Determining space, climate and energy requirements
  • Preparing budget and investment planning for the data center
  • Preparing short-, medium- and long-term capacity planning based on performance measurements, volume developments, performance forecasts and demand analyses
  • Identifying and documenting the need for new hardware and software based on service levels and cost specifications
  • Assessing new technologies and systems with regard to capacities and performance
  • Planning and preparing installations
  • Maintaining system technical documentation and system overviews (configurations)
  • Assisting in defining supplier policy