About Backblaze Backblaze is the object storage leader in the open cloud movement, delivering cloud storage built to unlock budgets, unburden administrators, and unleash innovators. We help customers break free from restrictive, overpriced legacy solutions and blaze forward with the power of the open cloud. Founded in 2007, Backblaze has grown to manage over three billion gigabytes of data storage for 500K+ customers in 175+ countries, with ARR over $136M. We are seeking a Production Capacity Analyst to join our team. The Role Backblaze is seeking a detail‑oriented, systems‑minded Production Capacity Analyst to support the planning, deployment, and management of infrastructure capacity across our global cloud storage platform. This role maintains accurate capacity data, supports forecasting and hardware planning, and improves visibility into system utilization, growth, and cost drivers. You will work with Capacity Planning, Production Engineering, Data Center Operations, and Finance to ensure infrastructure growth is well understood, coordinated, and aligned with business demand and roadmaps. This is a collaborative, execution‑focused role within Cloud Operations, contributing to service reliability, performance, cost efficiency, and operational readiness through high‑quality data, thoughtful analysis, and consistent execution. What You’ll Do Collect, reconcile, organize, and analyze data across storage, compute, and network systems to support capacity planning and operational decision making Contribute to short and mid‑term cluster and data center capacity forecasts by maintaining datasets, validating assumptions, identifying trends, and improving model logic Coordinate hardware and site deployment readiness across production environments, including tracking deployments, managing open orders, and moving assets to maintain balanced capacity availability Maintain and improve reporting on resource utilization, growth results and trajectories, and capacity constraints and risk, ensuring data is accurate, concise, and actionable Monitor key capacity metrics and dashboards to proactively identify anomalies, constraints, risks, and visibility issues Support compliance, security, audit, and reporting efforts related to capacity planning and infrastructure operations by scoping requirements, organizing data, and tracking execution Contribute to automation of data collection, reporting, and analysis workflows to improve efficiency and reduce manual efforts Partner with Capacity Engineering, SRE, and Systems Engineering to ensure capacity data reflects real system behavior and operational conditions Communicate findings clearly and support coordination across teams to ensure alignment on capacity‑related activities and priorities Right Fit Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Data Science, Information Technology, Statistics, Economics, Finance, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience 2 to 4 years of experience in data analysis, infrastructure operations, capacity planning, infrastructure or production engineering, or a similarly technical role Experience working with structured data sets at moderate to large scale using modern database and data analysis tools, preferably SQL, Python, Snowflake, Metabase, Excel, Google Sheets, or similar Familiarity with observability and monitoring systems, preferably Grafana, Metabase, Prometheus, OpenSearch, or equivalent platforms Understanding of core system resources such as CPU, memory, disk, and network, and how they impact performance, utilization, and scalability Working knowledge of core capacity planning concepts, including utilization tracking and saturation signals, headroom and buffer management, growth trend analysis, and basic forecasting methods Exposure to infrastructure cost modeling and financial analysis, including CapEx planning inputs, cost‑per‑unit metrics, and tradeoffs among stability, performance, and cost Strong attention to detail with a focus on data accuracy, consistency, and validation Clear and concise communication skills, with the ability to present technical information to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every requirement. Learning, development, and growth are core parts of our culture. We welcome diverse applicants who can contribute to our team. At Backblaze, we value fairness and good to our customers, partners, and employees. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core of our values. We are committed to fostering a workforce where all employees belong, regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, socio‑economic status, ability, veteran status, or education. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. To understand more about the data we collect and process as part of your application, please view our Backblaze Employee Privacy Notice. #LATAM #J-18808-Ljbffr