Senior Hyperscale Network Operations Lead

Fluidstack; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision insurance

Retirement/pension plan

Equity in compensation

Generous PTO

Job summary

Fluidstack is seeking a seasoned network operations leader to oversee the hyperscale data center network fleet. You will act as the senior technical voice across sites, drive operational readiness, and ensure flawless performance of switches, routers, cabling, and optics in live environments.

Responsibility includes reviewing designs for operational practicality, executing high-risk MOPs, and leading root-cause analyses.

Qualifications

• Experience operating mission-critical network topologies at scale.
• Experience with IP network operations and optical networking.
• Proficient in TCP/IP and routing protocols (OSPF/IS-IS/BGP/MPLS).
• Authored and executed high-risk MOPs and led RCAs to closure.
• Ability to hold OEMs/ODMs to standards without harming relationships.

Responsibilities

• Serve as senior technical authority for operational network fleet across hyperscale data centers.
• Lead site assessments and drive readiness of network ops before site activation.
• Review designs from an operational lens; feed learnings to network engineering and deployment.
• Authorize and execute high-risk MOPs in live production and lead root cause analysis.
• Hold vendors to standards; manage relationships while enforcing quality.
• Act as connective tissue across teams; travel 50-75%.

Skills

Mission-critical networking

IP network operations

TCP/IP

OSPF/IS-IS/BGP/MPLS

Root cause analysis

Vendor management (OEM/ODM)

Technical writing

Scripting for fleet-scale ops

Job description

Fluidstack is seeking a seasoned network operations leader to oversee the hyperscale data center network fleet. You will act as the senior technical voice across sites, drive operational readiness, and ensure flawless performance of switches, routers, cabling, and optics in live environments.

Responsibility includes reviewing designs for operational practicality, executing high-risk MOPs, and leading root-cause analyses.