Network Engineer Deployment & Support

Groq•Worth, IL

2d•$245,800 - $365,200

About The Position

Groq is seeking a Network Engineer, Deployment & Support to deploy, validate, and support datacenter network infrastructure for its global AI infrastructure. The role takes network designs from implementation planning through production deployment and operational handoff, working across front-end, back-end, management, and out-of-band networks. It ensures switches, optics, cabling, and supporting infrastructure are installed, configured, validated, documented, and production-ready. This is a hands-on engineering role requiring datacenter networking fundamentals, physical-layer expertise, structured troubleshooting, and coordination across teams and vendors. The position also provides technical support to global datacenter teams during and after deployments, contributes to deployment standards and tools, and may require travel to datacenter locations and participation in a 24/7 on-call rotation.

Requirements

At least 6 years of experience in datacenter networking, network deployment, network operations, or infrastructure engineering.
Hands-on experience deploying and troubleshooting Ethernet networks in large-scale datacenters, including 100G, 200G, 400G, or 800G links.
Experience configuring and validating datacenter switches and modern network fabrics, with working knowledge of BGP, EVPN/VXLAN, and CLOS/leaf-spine architectures.
Strong understanding of fiber-optic infrastructure, transceivers, breakout cabling, fiber polarity, insertion loss, OTDR testing, cable management, and physical installation practices.
Experience with datacenter implementation artifacts such as cutsheets, port maps, cable schedules, rack elevations, implementation procedures, and as-built documentation.
Hands-on experience with hardware staging, rack-and-stack, cabling, RMA processes, and physical deployment workflows.
Ability to troubleshoot systematically across physical, network, hardware, and software layers and drive issues through root cause and resolution.
Experience developing deployment automation or operational tooling using Python, Ansible, APIs, or similar technologies.
Experience executing deployments across network engineering, datacenter operations, structured cabling providers, hardware vendors, and other infrastructure partners.
Strong ownership, communication, and time-management skills, including the ability to manage multiple deployments and deliver under demanding timelines.
Comfort operating in fast-moving environments where deployment plans and requirements can evolve quickly.
Ability to travel to global datacenter locations for deployments, maintenance, and other site-specific needs.
Ability to participate in an on-call rotation supporting a 24/7 production environment.

Responsibilities

Deploy and validate network infrastructure across new and existing datacenters, including front-end, back-end, and management networks.
Configure and validate switches, network interfaces, optics, cabling, and supporting infrastructure against approved designs and implementation standards.
Create and maintain cutsheets, port maps, cabling plans, implementation procedures, validation plans, and as-built documentation.
Drive deployments end-to-end, coordinating on-site technicians for rack-and-stack, cabling, and installation, and owning configuration, validation, troubleshooting, and production handoff.
Validate physical connectivity and optical performance, including fiber polarity, insertion loss, OTDR traces, transceiver health, and link-level troubleshooting; coordinate remediation with technicians and vendors.
Troubleshoot network and hardware failures across switches, optics, cabling, servers, and supporting infrastructure, and perform root cause analysis.
Manage deployment hardware readiness, including staging, rack-and-stack coordination, inventory and asset record updates, RMA coordination, spares, and vendor shipments.
Coordinate on-site deployment audits and execute QA/QC processes to ensure infrastructure meets company standards.
Partner with engineering, operations, project teams, and vendors to identify and resolve deployment blockers.
Provide technical support to global datacenter teams during and after deployments, including maintenance, incidents, troubleshooting, remediation, and break-fix events.
Develop tools and scripts to improve deployment, hardware validation, configuration, testing, and operational workflows.
Capture deployment lessons learned and contribute to implementation standards, deployment playbooks, and repeatable validation processes.
Train internal teams and provide technical guidance on deployment standards, troubleshooting, and operational practices.