Director, Network Infrastructure and Planning

alaskacommunications; United States; On-site; USD 131,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Alaska Communications is seeking a Director of Network Infrastructure & Planning to lead end-to-end Layer 1 network infrastructure design and planning, including OSP fiber, inside plant, and facility routes. You will coordinate with Layer 2/3 teams to ensure resiliency, capacity, and alignment with business priorities.

In this role you will translate business demand into actionable infrastructure plans, drive budget inputs, and oversee construction engineering while maintaining accurate records

Qualifications

• Leadership and people management experience.
• Ability to plan, organize, and coordinate multiple tasks to meet budgets.
• Adaptability to changing requirements and priorities.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Creative thinking to develop infrastructure concepts.
• Attention to detail in complex projects and records.
• Sound judgment for decision making with available data.
• Proactive problem solving for network planning challenges.
• Accountable for outcomes and responsible execution.
• Strong technical aptitude for network infrastructure concepts.
• Effective time management to balance multiple initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Owns end-to-end Layer 1 network infrastructure planning and design, including OSP fiber, ducts, and facilities.
• Manages inside plant infrastructure like DC power, rack space, and readiness.
• Ensures Layer 1 plans support reliability, diversity, and serviceability.
• Analyzes facilities, routes, capacity, and demand to identify construction or augmentation needs.
• Maintains sustainable facilities records processes for accurate, accessible data.
• Coordinates Layer 2/3 planning with IP Engineering and architects to align strategies.
• Translates strategic architecture into actionable infrastructure requirements and budgets.
• Facilitates escalation when Layer 1 constraints affect other layers and delivery.
• Develops budget inputs, capital forecasts, and business case support for projects.

Skills

Leadership

Accountability

Adaptability

Analytical Skills

Creative

Detail Oriented

Judgment

Problem Solving

Responsible

Technical Aptitude

Time Management

Job description

At Alaska Communications, we're committed to putting our team first , always being customer focused , having a can-do attitude , owning our results and always acting with integrity . This is what we hire for and what our team members exhibit each day. Want to make an impact with us?

We are unable to support remote international applicants or routinely sponsor work visas.

The compensation range for this job is: $130,725.00 - $178,707.00

POSITION SUMMARY

Directs and manages the teams and programs responsible for planning, engineering, design, records accuracy, and lifecycle stewardship of network infrastructure supporting the ACS network. This role has complete ownership and accountability for Layer 1 infrastructure planning and design, including outside plant facilities, inside plant infrastructure associated with the network, fiber routes, ducts, conduits, structures, DC power capacity, rack location and availability, capacity, records, and related construction engineering. The role is also accountable for coordinating end-to-end network infrastructure plans across Layer 2 and Layer 3 domains, in partnership with the Sr. Director of IP Engineering and the Network Architects, to ensure physical infrastructure, transport, aggregation, routing, resiliency, and growth plans are aligned to business, customer, operational, and capital priorities.

The Director, Network Infrastructure & Planning translates business demand, network strategy, service delivery requirements, reliability objectives, and funded project commitments into actionable infrastructure plans, budget inputs, engineering priorities, and implementation readiness. The position emphasizes accountable ownership of Layer 1 outcomes while providing shared planning accountability for Layer 2 and Layer 3 network evolution.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Owns end-to-end planning and design accountability for Layer 1 network infrastructure, including OSP fiber, copper where applicable, ducts, conduits, poles, handholes, manholes, facility routes, splice plans, capacity, and physical network records.
• Owns planning and availability accountability for inside plant infrastructure associated with the network, including DC power capacity, rack location, rack availability, physical space readiness, and related facility dependencies needed to support network growth, resiliency, and implementation readiness.
• Ensure Layer 1 infrastructure plans support network reliability, route diversity, resiliency, serviceability, maintainability, constructability, permitting readiness, and economic utilization of facilities.
• Oversees analysis of available and existing facilities, route constraints, capacity exhaust, customer demand, traffic growth indicators, and funded project requirements to determine new construction, rearrangements, removals, or augmentation needs.
• Develops, maintains, and improves sustainable facilities records processes with the goal of complete, accurate, timely, and electronically accessible network records.
• Provides shared accountability for Layer 2 and Layer 3 network planning with the Sr. Director of IP Engineering and network architects, ensuring Layer 1 infrastructure plans are coordinated with transport, aggregation, routing, peering, resiliency, and capacity strategies.
• Partners with IP Engineering leadership and architects to translate strategic network architecture into practical infrastructure needs, including site readiness, fiber availability, route diversity, physical path constraints, equipment location requirements, and capital planning inputs.
• Facilitates decision-making and escalation when Layer 1 infrastructure constraints affect Layer 2 or Layer 3 design alternatives, schedule, budget, resiliency, or service delivery commitments.
• Develops budgetary inputs, capital forecasts, and business case support for approved and proposed network infrastructure projects.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

Competency Statement(s)

• Leadership - Ability to influence others to perform their jobs effectively and to be responsible for making decisions.
• Accountability - Ability to plan, organize, measure, and coordinate multiple tasks to deliver the budget for product line, revenue, and profit.
• Adaptability - Ability to adapt to change in the workplace.
• Analytical Skills - Ability to use thinking and reasoning to solve a problem.
• Creative - Ability to think in such a way as to produce a new concept or idea.
• Detail Oriented - Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task.
• Judgment - The ability to formulate a sound decision using the available information.
• Problem Solving - Ability to find a solution for or to deal proactively with work-related problems.
• Responsible - Ability to be held accountable or answerable for one's conduct.
• Technical Aptitude - Ability to comprehend complex technical topics and specialized information.
• Time Management - Ability to utilize the available time to organize and complete work withi