[Remote] Principal Operations Engineer, Network

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Fluidstack builds large-scale compute infrastructure for artificial intelligence and operates hyperscale data centers. The company is seeking a Principal Operations Engineer, Network to serve as the senior technical authority for operational network fleets, lead site readiness and audits, manage high-risk production changes, and coordinate network operations across engineering, facilities, supply chain, and customer-facing teams.

Responsibilities

• 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%

Skills

• 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

Benefits

• Offers Equity
• Retirement or pension plan, in line with local norms.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Generous PTO policy, in line with local norms.

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