Data Center Network Deployment Lead (Remote-Friendly)

Anthropic; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Anthropic is seeking a Network Deployment and Maintenance Lead within Data Center Operations to ensure the network inside our data halls is brought online and kept healthy across a growing fleet of partner-operated data centers. You will own deployment turn-ups, cabling, optics, and integration, and lead on-site handovers into production operations.

You will drive the network repair program, manage RMA and spares, coordinate with site operations and vendors, and set standards for execution

Responsibilities

• Own network deployment outcomes for assigned sites and data-hall waves; DCN, management, telemetry, accelerator chip back-end networks, and aggregation layers turned up and accepted on schedule.
• Engage from construction kickoff and confirm network readiness ahead of each wave: pathways and fiber trays, cabling and optics on hand, reception paths, and partner staffing.
• Be on site at key points during network delivery, cabling, turn-up, QA, and close-out; verify work with your own eyes and support on-site teams.
• Validate the handover gate for each network build: cabling and link validation complete, acceptance criteria met, documentation delivered, spares positioned, tickets live.
• Own the network repair program: repair SLAs, prioritization, and escalation paths for switches, optics, and cabling; track backlog in dashboards.
• Manage RMA and spares for network gear with vendors and site partners to prevent repair SLA gates.
• Lead operating cadence with partner site leads, including weekly deployment and repair reviews and scorecards; drive corrective actions.
• Turn lessons from deployments into program standards and communicate status, dependencies, and risk to engineering and leadership.

Job description

Anthropic is seeking a Network Deployment and Maintenance Lead within Data Center Operations to ensure the network inside our data halls is brought online and kept healthy across a growing fleet of partner-operated data centers. You will own deployment turn-ups, cabling, optics, and integration, and lead on-site handovers into production operations.

You will drive the network repair program, manage RMA and spares, coordinate with site operations and vendors, and set standards for execution