Senior Staff Network Engineer, Deployment
Core
Technical owner of global network infrastructure deployment strategy, standards, and automation for high-performance AI data centers.
Role type
Senior Staff Network Deployment Engineer (Technical Leadership)
Builds
Global network deployment automation platform, validation frameworks, and deployment standards for HPC/AI infrastructure.
Domain
AI Infrastructure / Data Center Operations / Network Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Large-scale data center deployment strategy, structured cabling (SMF/MMF, MPO/MTP), optical transceivers (400G/800G), routing and switching (Arista EOS, Juniper Junos, NVIDIA/Mellanox), BGP/EVPN-VXLAN/LLDP protocols, Python/Ansible automation architecture, vendor/partner management, program leadership across time zones, physical layer diagnostics (OTDR, light meters).
Preferred skills
Hyperscale operational experience (10K+ devices), multi-quarter technical roadmap execution, cross-functional planning with Supply Chain/SRE.
Technologies
Python, Ansible, Arista EOS, Juniper Junos, NVIDIA/Mellanox, BGP, EVPN-VXLAN, LLDP, OTDR, CI/CD.
Responsibilities
Define multi-quarter deployment roadmap for new data centers and edge sites; author and ratify internal RFCs and technical standards for physical/logical network deployment; partner with Network Architecture to ensure designs are deployable at hyperscale; architect ZTP, IaC, and validation tooling stacks; establish burn-in, SAT, and commissioning criteria; lead vendor and partner qualification programs; drive capacity and asset strategy with Supply Chain; mentor Staff and Senior engineers.
Seniority
Senior Staff, hands-on IC with technical leadership and mentorship responsibilities.
