Network Engineering Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Texas.

📋 Description

• Guide, mentor, and develop a team of approximately 12 network engineers

• Conduct regular one-on-one meetings, establish clear objectives, and deliver constructive and timely feedback

• Manage recruitment for the US team, including workforce planning, structured interviews, technical evaluations, and candidate finalization

• Foster a culture of learning through design reviews, peer configuration and code evaluations, blameless post-incident analyses, internal knowledge sharing, and support for vendor training or certifications

• Organize team capacity for concurrent projects and operational tasks

• Balance team workload, travel, on-call duties, and cross-training initiatives

• Oversee network delivery for US AI data center projects from design and bill of materials to installation, cabling, configuration, validation, and handover

• Collaborate with technical program managers, construction teams, electrical teams, data center operations, and vendors on schedules, rack configurations, cabling strategies, and readiness

• Identify potential delivery risks early and propose solutions

• Set and uphold standards for change management, documentation, acceptance testing, and operational transition

• Provide reports on delivery metrics and team well-being, including build progress, acceptance test outcomes, incident trends, automation coverage, hiring, and retention

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of experience in network engineering, with at least 3 years of direct management experience including hiring, performance evaluations, and career development

• Proven history of developing engineers through recruitment, coaching, and promotions

• Experience in expanding a technical team through hiring, structured interviewing, technical assessments, and onboarding

• Extensive hands-on experience with large-scale data center networks

• Proficient understanding of Layer 2/3 technologies such as VLANs, VXLAN, BGP EVPN, OSPF, and IS-IS

• Familiarity with Clos/ECMP fabric design

• Experience in delivering network builds for new data centers or significant expansions within fixed timelines

• Ability to collaborate with construction, electrical, and operations teams

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

• Strong sense of ownership and a positive attitude

• Must be based in the US

• Willingness to travel frequently to data center locations

• Flexibility to work varying hours during critical builds and incidents

• Preferred: Experience with AI/HPC networking, including NVIDIA InfiniBand, Spectrum-X, RoCEv2, PFC, ECN, and lossless fabric tuning

• Preferred: Knowledge of NVLink/NVSwitch

• Preferred: Familiarity with NVIDIA, Arista, Cisco, Dell, and Fortinet hardware and operating systems

• Preferred: Experience with Cumulus Linux, SONiC, NX-OS, and EOS

• Preferred: Knowledge of network automation and infrastructure as code using Python, Ansible, Terraform, and Git/GitLab CI

• Preferred: Understanding of fiber and optical infrastructure, including single-mode/multimode, DWDM/CWDM, and large-scale structured cabling

• Preferred: Industry certifications such as CCIE, JNCIE, or NVIDIA networking certifications

• Ability to collaborate across teams and time zones, including a global network engineering team

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual incentive bonus

• Equity (long-term incentive)

• 100% company-paid health insurance premiums (medical, dental, and vision) for employees

• 75% company-paid coverage for dependents

• Company-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance

• Optional life, critical illness, and accident coverage available

• Health Savings Accounts (HSA) when combined with the High Deductible Health Plan

• Employee Assistance Program and wellness resources

• 401(k) retirement plan with company match

• Access to financial planning and legal services

• Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid holidays

• Internal skills training and pathways for advancement

• Professional development support for certifications, continuing education, or role-related training

• Company events and team-building activities