AVP, Autonomous Network Automation & AI Infrastructure

Verizon Communications; Basking Ridge (NJ); Hybrid; USD 192,000 - 367,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellness benefits

401(k) with matching

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Verizon Communications seeks an Associate Vice President to own the run layer of a national, multi-vendor 5G network. You will lead the automation platform and AI-enabled infrastructure, driving toward Level 4 autonomy while guiding a distributed engineering org across cloud-native, SRE, MLOps, and network automation.

The role blends strategic architecture with hands-on leadership, partnering with industry bodies and hyperscale partners to advance autonomous networks and secure, compliant

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant field, with extensive network/software engineering experience.
• Over 10 years in large-scale network or software engineering, incl. 5+ years leading distributed teams.
• Proven delivery of CNF/VNF, NFV, or SDN at carrier or hyperscale.
• Hands-on depth in network automation, orchestration, and closed-loop assurance.
• Experience applying AI/ML to infrastructure and autonomous operations.
• Knowledge of 5G Core, O-RAN, edge, and multi-cloud/on-prem AI infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Obsessed with the customer: tie automation to experience and create closed-loop operations.
• Own the execution of intent with network intelligence for automated changes.
• Automate the virtualized network for zero-touch lifecycle, upgrade, and healing.
• Lead AI/ML-driven optimization of compute and energy resources.
• Own and scale the platform for orchestration and AI inference.
• Set the reference architecture and safety standards for the run layer.
• Build and lead the team across cloud-native, SRE, MLOps, and network automation.
• Own the autonomy roadmap toward Level 4 and external representation.
• Represent Verizon with industry bodies and partners.
• Keep autonomy safe with security and regulatory compliance.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field

Ten or more years in large-scale network or software engineering, including five or more years leading distributed, cross-functional technical organizations

Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field

Tools

Kubernetes

GitOps

SRE

Job description

Verizon Communications seeks an Associate Vice President to own the run layer of a national, multi-vendor 5G network. You will lead the automation platform and AI-enabled infrastructure, driving toward Level 4 autonomy while guiding a distributed engineering org across cloud-native, SRE, MLOps, and network automation.

The role blends strategic architecture with hands-on leadership, partnering with industry bodies and hyperscale partners to advance autonomous networks and secure, compliant