Senior Staff Network Engineer, Deployment

About the Role

Crusoe Cloud is seeking a Senior Staff Network Deployment Engineer to serve as the technical owner of how we deploy network infrastructure across our global fleet. As we rapidly scale our footprint of high-performance compute (HPC) and GPU-based AI infrastructure, you will define the deployment strategy, set the standards, and architect the automation platform that brings new data centers and edge sites online.

This is a senior technical leadership role at the intersection of Network Engineering, Data Center Operations, and Infrastructure Strategy. You will partner with Network Architecture to shape designs for deployability, mentor Staff and Senior engineers, and represent the deployment organization in cross-functional planning.

What You'll Be Working On

• Own Global Deployment Strategy: Define the multi-quarter technical roadmap for how Crusoe deploys network infrastructure across new and existing data centers, edge sites, and backbone interconnects.
• Set the Standards: Author and ratify internal RFCs and technical standards for physical and logical network deployment (cabling, optics, fabric provisioning, validation, and handoff).
• Influence Architecture for Deployability: Partner closely with Network Architecture to shape designs that scale operationally and can be built and validated at hyperscale pace.
• Architect the Deployment Automation Platform: Set the technical direction for Crusoe's ZTP, IaC, and validation tooling stack, driving strategy for Python-, Ansible-, and CI/CD-based systems.
• Define the Validation Framework: Establish burn-in, site acceptance testing (SAT), and commissioning criteria across the fleet to ensure zero-defect handovers to Operations.
• Lead Vendor and Partner Strategy: Establish standards, SLAs, and qualification programs for structured cabling vendors, remote hands partners, and data center providers globally. Influence hardware vendor roadmaps (Arista, Juniper, NVIDIA/Mellanox).
• Drive Capacity and Asset Strategy: Partner with Supply Chain and Infrastructure leadership on capacity planning, hardware lifecycle, and turn-up cadence for new backbone capacity and edge interconnects.
• Mentor and Multiply: Provide technical guidance to Staff and Senior network deployment engineers, lead design reviews, and drive systemic improvements.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of network engineering experience focused on large-scale data center deployments and infrastructure programs, including significant time in hyperscale, large cloud, or ISP environments.
• Demonstrated technical leadership authoring standards, mentoring engineers, and driving multi-quarter technical initiatives.
• Hyperscale operational experience operating at scale (10K+ network devices, multi-region fabric deployments).
• Mastery of physical layer standards: structured cabling (SMF/MMF, MPO/MTP), optical transceivers (400G/800G to 1.6T), and data center power/cooling for HPC workloads.
• Expert hands-on experience with routing and switching on Arista (EOS), Juniper (Junos), and NVIDIA/Mellanox platforms in leaf-spine architectures.
• Strong working knowledge of BGP, EVPN-VXLAN, and LLDP for large-scale fabric provisioning and validation.
• Proven track record designing and shipping deployment automation systems with strong Python, Ansible, and modern IaC and CI/CD patterns.
• Program leadership handling multiple concurrent deployment programs with executive-level communication and risk management.
• Ability to diagnose complex physical and link-layer issues using OTDRs, light meters, and packet captures.
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience in hyperscale or ISP environments.