Global Routing & Optical Network Engineering Lead

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Berkeley (CA); Hybrid; USD 203,000 - 249,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and retirement benefits

Tuition assistance

Winter holiday shutdown

Parental bonding leave

Pet insurance

Job summary

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is seeking an Routing and Optical Network Engineering Manager to lead the team responsible for ESnet's global routing and optical backbone. You will set goals, coach engineers, and drive execution across projects and budgets from Berkeley, CA.

You will collaborate with the Network Services leadership to shape strategy, manage vendor relationships, and hire to grow the engineering team, ensuring operational excellence and proactive risk management in a global

Qualifications

• Advanced degree plus 3 years in lead/supervisory roles or equivalent experience.
• Expertise in wide area network engineering and routing.
• Ability to foster a psychologically safe team atmosphere.
• Strong collaboration across stakeholders and departments.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day leadership for a team of network engineers.
• Build a high-performing, collaborative team culture and improve processes.
• Ensure network operational excellence, outage response, and risk mitigation.
• Oversee network engineering projects by assigning resources and driving execution.
• Support budget planning, vendor relationships, and hiring to grow the team.

Skills

Lead / supervise teams

WAN routing engineering

Network design & operations

Budget planning

Excellent communication

Education

Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Job description

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is seeking an Routing and Optical Network Engineering Manager to lead the team responsible for ESnet's global routing and optical backbone. You will set goals, coach engineers, and drive execution across projects and budgets from Berkeley, CA.

You will collaborate with the Network Services leadership to shape strategy, manage vendor relationships, and hire to grow the engineering team, ensuring operational excellence and proactive risk management in a global