Senior Manager, Network & Cloud Architecture

Lead the organization responsible for the physical and logical network fabric powering Crusoe's AI-first cloud across edge, backbone, data center, and SDN/cloud domains. Manage architects, managers, and senior and staff engineers; set multi-year architecture strategy; arbitrate cross-domain tradeoffs; establish engineering standards and design reviews; and partner with product, hardware, infrastructure, and executive stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own company-wide architecture strategy across edge, backbone, data center, and SDN/cloud domains.
• Arbitrate tradeoffs between backbone capacity, data center fabric bandwidth, and SDN overlay overhead.
• Establish engineering standards, reference architectures, and design review processes.
• Set strategy for PoP design, peering, IX participation, and edge compute and caching placement.
• Set strategy for long-haul and core network design, BGP, MPLS, segment routing, optical transport, and redundancy.
• Set strategy for spine-leaf fabrics, RDMA interconnects, and power- and cooling-aware rack design.
• Set strategic direction for SDN control planes, Kubernetes networking, service meshes, VPCs, load balancers, and security groups.
• Champion intent-based networking, GitOps, and network source-of-truth practices.
• Lead executive-level remediation for major cross-domain outages.
• Partner with product, hardware, infrastructure, and executive stakeholders on multi-year roadmaps.
• Align software and operations teams on execution.

Requirements

• 12+ years in network engineering or architecture.
• 5+ years managing individual contributors.
• Experience leading network architecture at hyperscale across 1000+ switches and multi-campus or multi-region environments.
• Fluency across edge, backbone, data center fabric, and SDN/cloud networking.
• Strong command of SDN and cloud-native networking.
• Experience setting multi-year technical strategy and influencing VP or C-level stakeholders.
• Experience building and scaling technical organizations, including hiring and developing senior and staff engineers.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience with hyperscalers, AI cloud providers, HPC centers, or large-scale colocation operators is a bonus.
• Experience supporting multi-node GPU training infrastructure is a bonus.
• Familiarity with SONiC OS, P4 programmable data planes, or formal network verification tools is a bonus.
• Open-source networking contributions are a bonus.
• Relevant CCIE or JNCIE certifications are a bonus.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity packages
• Restricted Stock Units
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• Leave of absence programs
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Employer HSA contributions
• Paid parental leave
• Paid life insurance
• Short-term disability insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• Professional development
• Tuition reimbursement
• Mental health and wellness support
• Commuter benefits
• Cell phone stipend
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary
• Volunteer time off
• Global travel insurance and emergency assistance
• Daily meals allowance