Waymo

Network Operations Manager

Waymo • $175K — $215K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years in network operations or engineering
  • 2+ years in a management or team lead role
  • Experience with strategic networks requiring high availability
  • Proven track record of recruiting and building technical teams
  • Strong knowledge of configuring network devices via CLI and cloud portals
  • Experience managing high-performance networks with large-scale data ingress/egress
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills for engaging diverse stakeholders
  • Experience in creating documentation and runbooks
  • B.S. in Computer or Electrical Engineering, or equivalent credentials

Responsibilities

  • Manage a diverse team of engineers and technical professionals to achieve business goals
  • Oversee incident management during major service disruptions and implement ITIL practices
  • Enhance lifecycle governance of technology services with KPI development and process improvements
  • Validate deployment procedures for internal teams and partners, ensuring infrastructure reliability
  • Provide technical guidance during complex network events and architectural assessments
  • Lead automation initiatives to transition to streamlined network operations
  • Collaborate with teams to optimize metrics related to mean time to recovery (MTTR)

Benefits

  • Participation in discretionary annual bonus program
  • Eligibility for equity incentive plan
  • Generous company benefits program
Full Job Description
In this role, you will report to IT Network Operations Manager

You will:
  • Leadership: Manage a high-performing, inclusive team of engineers, technical professionals, and vendor agents. Design and implement overarching business plans, long-term strategic initiatives, and roadmaps to continue organizational growth and prosperity.
  • Incident Management: Act as an Owner during major service disruptions, managing the end-to-end remediation of high-severity events and Tier 2/3 escalations. Evolve the incident framework into an advanced ITIL-aligned methodology, prioritizing root-cause analysis, trend identification, and post-incident reviews (PIRs) to eliminate chronic or repetitive network issues.
  • ITIL Governance: Oversee the full lifecycle of technology infrastructure services (incident, change, event, configuration, and asset management). Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) and continuous process improvement models to ensure reliable, repeatable service levels.
  • Deployment Support: Validate and implement MOPs (Methods of Procedure) for internal teams and implementation partners. Oversee the deployment and maintenance of firewalls, switches, access points, UPS, and supporting infrastructure.
  • Technical Operations: Provide technical leadership during complex network event correlation, architectural improvement validations, and the review of site-specific Engineering Design Plans (EDPs). Support the secure deployment, maintenance, and upgrade lifecycle of critical production infrastructure (firewalls, switches, access points, UPS, etc).
  • Automation & Innovation: Guide the transition from legacy, manual infrastructure configurations to highly automated network operations. Partner with cross-functional teams to design automation systems, reduce operational toil, and onboard new technologies that drastically optimize MTTR metrics.


You have:
  • 7+ years of experience in network operations or engineering.
  • People Management: 2+ years of experience in a management or team lead role
  • Operational Excellence: Experience managing and delivering strategic networks with high availability requirements
  • Team Building: Proven track record of recruiting, hiring, and building technical teams in a fast-paced environment.
  • Technical Proficiency: Strong knowledge of configuring network devices via CLI (console/SSH) and cloud-hosted portals.
  • High-Bandwidth Ops: Experience managing high-performance networks supporting large-scale data ingress/egress (e.g., fleet data offloading) and critical on-premise infrastructure.
  • Soft Skills: Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills for engaging with both technical engineers and business stakeholders.
  • Process Management: Experience in creating documentation, runbooks, and configuration management standards.
  • B.S. in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent certifications/experience.

We prefer:
  • Network Automation: Experience with network automation tools (Ansible, Python, Terraform, etc.) to streamline operations.
  • BGP & Routing: Practical experience establishing and troubleshooting BGP network peering and complex routing scenarios

Travel Requirement:

20% Travel - Site Location, Ops support, Quarterly, Site visits etc; International travel based on business need.

The expected base salary range for this full-time position across US locations is listed below. Actual starting pay will be based on job-related factors, including exact work location, experience, relevant training and education, and skill level. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the role location or, if the role can be performed remote, the specific salary range for your preferred location, during the hiring process.

Waymo employees are also eligible to participate in Waymo's discretionary annual bonus program, equity incentive plan, and generous Company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.

Salary Range

$175,000-$215,000 USD

About Waymo

Waymo LLC is a self-driving technology development company. It is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google. Waymo develops autonomous driving technology and provides ride-hailing services through its Waymo One program. The company has been testing its self-driving technology on public roads since 2009 and has logged millions of miles of autonomous driving. Waymo has partnerships with several automakers and has been working on developing autonomous trucks for use in logistics.
Learn more about Waymo
Size
2,000 employees
Industry
Founded
2009

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