Principal Operations Engineer, Network

Fluidstack

$150K — $180K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Telecommunications & Hardware
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Experience with mission-critical network topologies at scale as a senior technical authority.
  • Proficient in IP network operations and optical networking.
  • Knowledgeable in TCP/IP and network routing protocols (OSPF, IS-IS, BGP, MPLS).
  • Demonstrated ability to author and execute high-risk network MOPs and lead root cause analysis.
  • Skilled at holding OEMs, ODMs, and deployment partners to high standards while maintaining relationships.
  • Strong writing skills for health assessments, RCAs, and design feedback.
  • Bonus: Experience with hyperscale or large HPC fleets and scripting for operations.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the senior technical authority for the operational network fleet.
  • Lead site assessments and operational audits for network readiness.
  • Review network designs to ensure operational efficiency and integration.
  • Author and execute high-risk network MOPs in live production environments.
  • Conduct root cause analysis on network disruptions to find closure.
  • Hold partners accountable to standards in network operations without damaging relationships.
  • Act as a connector across multiple teams, requiring significant travel.

Benefits

  • Competitive total compensation including salary and equity.
  • Retirement or pension plan per local standards.
  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Generous PTO policy based on local norms.
Full Job Description
The Data Center Operations Team

Examples of key problems the team is working on
  • Operate at the scale of a nation, not a building. Accelerating toward 100 GW by the end of the decade, roughly the entire electricity consumption of Japan. You won't just run a data center; you'll run infrastructure the size of a G7.
  • Fly the plane while it's being built. Running flawless operations inside a live construction zone, adapting in real time and turning the pace of build-out into our advantage. You will redefine operational excellence.
  • Write the playbook, don't inherit it. Most operators step into someone else's system. Here you build one, leaving your fingerprints on how the whole company runs. As we scale 100x, you'll set the standards, shape the operating model, and grow the team by the thousands.
Role Scope
  • Serve as the most senior technical authority for the operational network fleet across the hyperscale AI data center portfolio: switches, routers, cabling (copper and fiber), optics.
  • Lead site assessments and operational audits, and drive the technical readiness of the network ops team ahead of site activation.
  • Review network platforms and integration designs from an operational lens, and feed learnings back into network engineering, deployment, and supply chain as the build model becomes productionized.
  • Author, approve, and execute high-risk network MOPs and change records in live production, and lead fleet-wide root cause analysis on disruptions to closure.
  • Hold OEMs, ODMs, and service vendors accountable to a standard, including flawed RMA and integration processes, without burning the relationship.
  • Act as the connective tissue and force multiplier across network operations, network engineering, compute operations, facilities, supply chain, and customer-facing teams. Travel 50-75%.
What We're Looking For

The below is a starting point. We always make space for exceptional people, so if you don't fit this role exactly, tell us where you would.
  • You've spent a career operating mission-critical network topologies at scale, with significant time as the senior technical voice on a site, campus, or fleet.
  • You have experience in IP network operations, as well as optical networking.
  • You have experience with TCP/IP and network routing protocols (OSPF, IS-IS, BGP, MPLS) and the devices of the physical infrastructure.
  • You've authored and executed high-risk MOPs and led root cause analysis on significant network events through closure.
  • You hold OEMs, ODMs, and deployment partners to a standard, and you enforce it without breaking the relationship.
  • You write clearly (health assessments, RCAs, design feedback) and you teach, lifting the technical readiness of every team around you.
  • Bonus: Hyperscale or large HPC fleets supporting thousands of end points. Linux and hardware management tooling. Standing up new sites from handover to steady state. Scripting for fleet-scale operations.
Salary & Benefits
  • Competitive total compensation package (salary + equity).
  • Retirement or pension plan, in line with local norms.
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance.
    • Generous PTO policy, in line with local norms.
      Total compensation may also include equity in the form of restricted stock units.

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