Network Engineer Deployment & Support

Groq•Dallas, NY

About The Position

Groq is building high-performance AI infrastructure designed to make inference fast, predictable, and scalable. The Network Engineer, Deployment & Support will deploy, validate, and support datacenter network infrastructure for Groq’s global AI platform, taking network designs from implementation planning through production deployment and operational handoff. The role spans 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, including maintenance, incident response, troubleshooting, remediation, and break-fix activities. Travel to global datacenter locations and participation in an on-call rotation supporting a 24/7 production environment are required.

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 high-speed links such as 100G, 200G, 400G, or 800G.
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 best 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/stack, cabling, RMA processes, and other 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 meet demanding timelines.
Comfort operating in a fast-moving environment where deployment plans and requirements may evolve quickly.
Ability to travel to global datacenter locations for deployments, maintenance, and site-specific needs.
Ability to participate in an on-call rotation supporting a 24/7 production environment.
For roles requiring access to export-controlled technology or information, candidates must meet applicable export-control eligibility criteria.

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.
Develop and maintain cutsheets, port maps, cabling plans, implementation procedures, validation plans, and as-built documentation.
Drive deployments end to end, coordinating on-site datacenter technicians for rack/stack, cabling, and installation while 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 device staging, rack/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 Groq 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 network deployment, hardware validation, configuration, testing, and operational workflows.
Capture deployment lessons learned and contribute to global implementation standards, deployment playbooks, and repeatable validation processes.
Train internal teams and provide technical guidance on deployment standards, troubleshooting procedures, and operational practices.