Senior Network Deployment Engineer, PoP Management - DGX Cloud

at Nvidia

📍 Santa Clara, United States

USD 168,000-333,500 per year

SENIOR

✅ On-site

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Details

At NVIDIA, our employees are passionate about parallel and visual computing. We need a Senior Network Deployment Engineer to help build and scale our global network.

In this role, you’ll be responsible for sourcing, procuring and delivering infrastructure and circuits to support Point-of-Presence (PoP) deployments. This role manages vendor relationships, contract negotiations, procurement, and project execution to ensure PoP sites are delivered on-time and meet network capacity, resilience and operational requirements.

Responsibilities

Manage end-to-end provisioning of network services (wavelengths, Ethernet, IP transit, dark fiber & subsea IRU).
Partner with carriers and data centers to track orders, delivery, and handoff.
Document LOAs, CFAs, and circuit details in inventory and ticketing systems; support circuit testing/troubleshooting during turn-up.
Source and procure POP space, power, cross-connects and related services.
Lead vendor selection, contract negotiations, and SLA management; coordinate PoP handover schedules with the network deployment and engineering teams, legal and procurement.
Manage site readiness schedules, equipment logistics and service requests; plan for power capacity, rack utilization and future growth potential.
Monitor vendor performance, operational costs and contract compliance; maintain documentation for contracts, power allocations and deployment standards.
Support PoP expansions, upgrades and decommissioning activities; keep projects on track in a fast-moving, deadline-driven environment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in network engineering, telecommunications, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
8+ years of relevant work experience.
Knowledge of transport technologies (DWDM, Ethernet, OTN, MPLS); technical knowledge of datacenter rack and power infrastructure and equipment.
Familiarity with LOA/CFA, cross-connects, and datacenter environments.
Ability to translate engineering requirements into requests for proposal (RFPs) and carrier service orders.
Experience in researching, negotiating and leasing space/power for PoPs.
Expertise in the end-to-end procurement of subsea, spectrum, and IRU assets; expertise in executing global sourcing initiatives across multiple international markets.
Detail oriented with an attested ability to multitask in a dynamic environment with shifting priorities and changing requirements.
Strength working independently and actively with minimal direction.

Ways to stand out from the crowd

PM Certification/training a strong plus.
Experience with multi-cloud networking (AWS VPC, Azure VNet, GCP VPC).
Excellent architecture documentation and interpersonal skills; ability to lead cross-functional technical initiatives.

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 168,000 USD - 264,500 USD for Level 4, and 208,000 USD - 333,500 USD for Level 5. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.