Network Deployment and Operations Engineer

What does the ideal candidate look like?

• Experience in IP or Optical network deployment, with a focus on program management, process improvement, and technical expertise.
• Proven track record of delivering large-scale IP or Optical network infrastructure projects on time, within budget, and to required quality standards.
• Strong technical expertise in IP or Optical networking protocols, architectures, and technologies. Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, prioritizing multiple projects and deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience in data-driven decision making.

Day to day:

• Provide technical and operational guidance and oversight to IP or Optical network deployments ensuring that projects are delivered on time and with quality.
• Facilitate technical discussions with cross-functional teams to identify solutions, mitigate risks, and drive innovation.
• Build and execute comprehensive deployment program scope, schedules, resource allocation, and ensure successful delivery of IP or Optical network deployment projects.
• Define, track, and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) such as deployment speed, quality, efficiency, and SLAs to measure program success.
• Manage relationships with vendors and partners, ensuring that they meet contractual obligations and deliver high-quality services.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders including Data center engineers, Network engineers, and operations, to ensure alignment and effective communication throughout the project lifecycle.
• Establish and maintain regular reporting to senior management and stakeholders, providing insights into program performance, risks, and opportunities.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Technical expertise with IP or Optical networking protocols, architectures and technologies including BGP, TCP/IP, SNMP, GRE, or MPLS.
• Operational Efficiency to manage large-scale network deployment programs, optimizes E2E planning, execution, measurement, and management for deployment speed, quality, predictability, and efficiency.
• Data-Driven Decision Making to utilizes network analytics and metrics to inform decisions, identify trends, and troubleshoot issues in a data-driven approach.
• Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and vendors to drive network deployment strategy, planning, and execution.
• Automation experience to articulate automation needs for network deployment workflows and dashboards by working with software engineers and data scientists to design and develop automation solutions.

Must have skills:

• Network technology background
• Technical program management background
• Operations excellence (operating at scale through metrics, KPI)

Nice to have skills:

• Someone who has done network at scale (Amazon, Microsoft, Google)
• Data center and edge networking background.
• Network design and architectural work.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field.

10+ years of experience in IP or Optical network deployment, with a focus on program management, process improvement, and technical expertise.

Must-Have Skills

• Network technology background
• Technical program management background
• Operations excellence (operating at scale through metrics, KPI)
• Someone who has done network at scale (Amazon, Microsoft, Google)
• Data center and edge networking background.
• Network design and architectural work.
• 10+ years of experience IP or Optical network deployment, with a focus on program management, process improvement, and technical expertise