Senior Manager, Network & Cloud Architecture

We're looking for a Senior Manager of Network & Cloud Architecture to lead the organization responsible for the physical and logical network fabric that powers our AI-first cloud, from edge points of presence, through the long-haul backbone, into our GPU data centers, and up through the SDN/cloud control plane our customers interact with.

This is a senior people-leadership role with deep technical ownership, managing a multi-team organization of architects, managers, and senior/staff engineers across four domains, Edge, Backbone, Data Center, and SDN/Cloud, while ensuring their designs work together as one coherent, low-latency, high-throughput fabric optimized for massive GPU clusters at hyperscale.

The ideal candidate is a seasoned network architecture leader who has scaled infrastructure organizations at a hyperscaler, AI cloud provider, or large-scale colocation operator, and who is equally comfortable setting multi-year technical strategy, arbitrating cross-domain tradeoffs, and developing the next generation of technical leaders beneath them.

You'll report to the Director of Networking or VP of Infrastructure, sit on the extended infrastructure leadership team, and act as the primary technical and organizational bridge between hardware, infrastructure, and product leadership. This is a full-time position.

- Own the company-wide architecture strategy connecting all four domains, ensuring edge PoPs, backbone transport, data center fabrics, and SDN overlays are designed as one coherent system rather than in silos.

- Arbitrate high-stakes tradeoffs between domains, e.g., backbone capacity vs. data center fabric bandwidth vs. SDN overlay overhead, and drive decisions with company-wide impact, optimized for AI/HPC workloads.

- Establish engineering standards, reference architectures, and design review processes across the network organization; own final sign-off on major architecture decisions and ensure delivery to production.

- Set north star for PoP design, peering, IX participation, and edge compute/caching placement as the company expands into new markets.

- Set game plan for long-haul/core network design, BGP, MPLS/segment routing, optical transport, and multi-region/multi-campus redundancy and failover posture.

- Set overarching strategy for spine-leaf fabric design, RDMA (RoCEv2/InfiniBand) interconnects, and power/cooling-aware rack design for high-density GPU clusters at hyperscale (500+ switch environments).

- Set strategic direction for SDN control plane architecture (overlay/underlay programmability), Kubernetes networking (CNI selection, network policy, multi-cluster service mesh), and customer-facing cloud constructs (VPCs, load balancers, security groups).

- Champion intent-based networking, declarative configuration (GitOps), and network source-of-truth practices across the organization; own executive-level remediation for major cross-domain outages.

- Partner with Product, Hardware, and Infrastructure (including VP/C-level stakeholders) to align multi-year roadmaps with company priorities and represent network architecture in company-wide planning.

- Align software and operations teams on execution while incorporating their input to strengthen design and architecture.

- 12+ years in network engineering/architecture, including 5+ years managing exceptionally skilled ICs.

- Proven track record leading network architecture at hyperscale, 1000+ switches across multi-campus or multi-region environments.

- Deep fluency across multiple network domains (edge, backbone, DC fabric, SDN/cloud), with the judgment to know when to go deep personally versus delegate to domain experts.

- Strong command of SDN and cloud-native networking (SDN controllers, Kubernetes CNIs, network virtualization/overlays).

- Demonstrated experience setting multi-year technical strategy and influencing VP/C-level stakeholders through design documents and roadmap reviews.

- Track record building and scaling technical organizations, including hiring and developing senior & staff+ engineers.

- A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

- Prior senior leadership experience at a hyperscaler, AI cloud provider, HPC center, or large-scale colocation operator.

- Experience leading network organizations supporting multi-node GPU training infrastructure at scale.

- Familiarity with SONiC OS, P4 programmable data planes, or formal network verification tools (Batfish, Minesweeper).

- Track record of open-source leadership or contribution in networking projects (SONiC, FRR, OVS/OVN, Cilium, NetBox).

- Relevant certifications (CCIE DC/SP, JNCIE), not required, but a plus.

- 401(k) Retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary

Compensation will be paid in the range of up to $250,000 - $300,000 + Bonus. Restricted Stock Units are included in all offers.

Compensation to be determined by the applicant's knowledge, education, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.