Job Description
Highly motivated and experienced network engineer sought to lead global network operations team and ensure seamless operation, security, and scalability of global network infrastructure. Crusoe Energy is on a mission to unlock value in stranded energy resources through the power of computation. We aim to align the long-term interests of the climate with the future of global computing infrastructure. As data centers consume an exponentially growing power footprint to deliver technology to all connected devices, we are inspired by making sure that the energy meeting that demand is sourced in an environmentally responsible fashion. Crusoe co-locates mobile data centers with stranded energy resources, like flare gas and underloaded renewables, to deliver low-cost, carbon-negative distributed computing solutions. Crusoe Cloud is a managed cloud services platform powered by stranded energy that enables climate-friendly innovation in computationally intensive fields including artificial intelligence, graphics rendering, and computational biology. Our company culture values teamwork, innovation, and environmental responsibility. We offer a hybrid work schedule, competitive paid time off, and comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare, retirement, and disability insurance. **Job Description:** * Collaborate with other teams and departments to ensure the network meets the needs of the business * Monitor network performance and troubleshoot issues as needed * Manage vendor relationships and contracts related to network services and equipment * Stay up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies * Provide training and mentorship to team members to support their professional development * Balance immediate needs versus long-term goals across a diverse collection of stakeholders * Respond to and address outages and escalations and provide status updates on each * Manage day-to-day activities, prioritizing workloads across the team and overseeing daily and weekly activities * Ensure that the responsibilities and accountability of all direct reports are defined and understood * Report department metrics and statistics to the Director of Network Engineering weekly * Act as a sounding board for the team when they provide expert-level troubleshooting to identify and resolve network-related incidents for Crusoe Cloud quickly * Make recommendations to senior management on network infrastructure modifications and version upgrades while controlling costs and scaling for future growth **Requirements:** * 10+ years of related experience operating at scale in a production environment * Strong knowledge of network protocols, including TCP/IP, QoS, BGP, OSPF/IS-IS, EVPN, VXLAN, QoS, and MPLS-related technologies like RSVP-TE, LDP, etc. * Strong understanding of network monitoring protocols and tools like SNMP, IPFIX, sFlow/netFlow, and Telemetry * Familiar with data center network architecture, such as Fat Tree architecture, CLOS, BGP-TE, and peering for edge * Hands-on experience with major network devices like Mellanox, Cisco, Arista, Juniper, and other mainstream vendors * Familiar with mainstream commercial switch/router chipsets, such as Broadcom, Barefoot, etc. * Familiar with technologies like RDMA, InfiniBand, and RoCE will be a plus * In-depth knowledge of public cloud architecture connectivity options to AWS, GCP, Azure, Ali Cloud, OCI, etc. * Good understanding of IPv6 and IPv4-IPv6 coexistence technologies * Programming/scripting in Python, Ansible, Puppet, Chef, or other languages will be a plus * Team player and participate in Cloud network global on-call rotation * Bachelor's in Computer Science, Information Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field, or experience equivalent to a Bachelor's degree based on three or more years of work experience **What We Offer:** * Hybrid work schedule * Competitive paid time off * Comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare, retirement, and disability insurance * Opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies related to the environment * Collaborative and dynamic work environment * Professional development and training opportunities * Competitive compensation range