Principal Operations Engineer, Network

Serve as the most senior technical authority for the operational network fleet across the hyperscale AI data center portfolio: switches, routers, cabling (copper and fiber), optics.

Lead site assessments and operational audits, and drive the technical readiness of the network ops team ahead of site activation.

Review network platforms and integration designs from an operational lens, and feed learnings back into network engineering, deployment, and supply chain as the build model becomes productionized.

Author, approve, and execute high-risk network MOPs and change records in live production, and lead fleet-wide root cause analysis on disruptions to closure.

Hold OEMs, ODMs, and service vendors accountable to a standard, including flawed RMA and integration processes, without burning the relationship.

Act as the connective tissue and force multiplier across network operations, network engineering, compute operations, facilities, supply chain, and customer-facing teams. Travel 50-75%.

The below is a starting point. We always make space for exceptional people, so if you don't fit this role exactly, tell us where you would.

You've spent a career operating mission-critical network topologies at scale, with significant time as the senior technical voice on a site, campus, or fleet.

You have experience in IP network operations, as well as optical networking.

You have experience with TCP/IP and network routing protocols (OSPF, IS-IS, BGP, MPLS) and the devices of the physical infrastructure.

You've authored and executed high-risk MOPs and led root cause analysis on significant network events through closure.

You hold OEMs, ODMs, and deployment partners to a standard, and you enforce it without breaking the relationship.

You write clearly (health assessments, RCAs, design feedback) and you teach, lifting the technical readiness of every team around you.

Bonus: Hyperscale or large HPC fleets supporting thousands of end points. Linux and hardware management tooling. Standing up new sites from handover to steady state. Scripting for fleet-scale operations.