Director, Global Network Deployment & AI Automation

NVIDIA Gruppe; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 284,000 - 426,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA's Enterprise Infrastructure organization is seeking a Director, Enterprise Network Deployment & Automation to own the global deployment of NVIDIA's enterprise network across office sites, data centers, and edge deployments, and to lead agentic AI automation capabilities that scale capacity planning and Day 2 changes.

Reporting to the Senior Director, this leader will translate architecture into repeatable, automated deployment programs and build standardized playbooks, while growing a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 13+ years of experience in network engineering, deployment, or infrastructure operations, with 6+ years in leadership.
• Hands-on depth in enterprise networking domains relevant to deployment: LAN/WLAN, SD-WAN/WAN, campus and DC edge, and global backbone connectivity.
• Track record of standing up new physical sites end-to-end, from design through turn-up.
• Direct experience building or deploying network automation and/or AI-driven tooling to reduce manual deployment and change effort at scale.
• Experience managing Day 2 operations — change management, capacity augments, lifecycle refresh — for a large, geographically distributed network footprint.
• Proven ability to build and scale high-performing, globally distributed engineering and deployment teams.
• Strong program and vendor management skills, with experience coordinating multi-site rollouts against aggressive timelines.
• Clear communication skills, able to align multi-functional partners around deployment plans and tradeoffs.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end network deployment across all site types worldwide.
• Plan, design, and deploy network capacity ahead of demand, coordinating with Real Estate, Facilities, and Data Center Engineering.
• Lead the design and build of agentic AI and automation tooling to transform capacity planning, design, deployment, and Day 2 changes.
• Establish standardized, repeatable deployment methodologies with reference architectures and automated validation.
• Define and track deployment SLAs, automation coverage, and change-governed metrics.
• Manage Day 2 changes through automated, low-touch workflows with strong governance.
• Recruit, mentor, and grow a globally distributed team of deployment engineers and program managers.
• Collaborate with Architecture, Security, Cloud Engineering, and Site Reliability to align plans with strategy.
• Manage vendor and contractor relationships across a global site footprint.

Skills

Global deployment ownership

Strategic leadership

Enterprise networking

SD-WAN/WAN

Network automation

AI-driven tooling

Vendor management

Program management

Communication

Team building

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Netconf/YANG

Job description

NVIDIA's Enterprise Infrastructure organization is seeking a Director, Enterprise Network Deployment & Automation to own the global deployment of NVIDIA's enterprise network across office sites, data centers, and edge deployments, and to lead agentic AI automation capabilities that scale capacity planning and Day 2 changes.

Reporting to the Senior Director, this leader will translate architecture into repeatable, automated deployment programs and build standardized playbooks, while growing a