Senior Deployment Manager — Datacenter and Network Infrastructure

NVIDIA•Santa Clara, CA

About The Position

NVIDIA is seeking a Deployment Manager to coordinate datacenter and network deployment activities in partnership with Network Automation, Network Architecture, and Network Engineering teams. The role aligns deployment requirements, coordinates repeatable logical-build workflows, tracks dependencies, executes logical provisioning, and partners with on-site teams to remove physical blockers. The ideal candidate has deployment management experience and practical knowledge of datacenter and backbone network architectures, zero-touch provisioning (ZTP), and logical datacenter build tools. The manager serves as a coordination point across network customer and stakeholder teams and technical teams. They collaborate on approved designs and technical standards, coordinate provisioning workflows, and identify tooling improvements. The role also coordinates logical datacenter deployment activities such as source-of-truth updates, configuration generation, orchestration, and automated validation. It improves deployment predictability and quality by collecting feedback and tracking process and tooling improvements. The expected base salary range is $248,000–$396,750 USD. The position is also eligible for equity and benefits. Applications will be accepted at least until November 8, 2026. This posting is for an existing vacancy.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, telecommunications, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
9+ years of overall relevant experience in infrastructure deployment, network engineering, datacenter operations, or technical program management.
5+ years of engineering leadership managing teams or complex technical programs.
Strong networking expertise across backbone and datacenter edge layers, including MPLS, RSVP-TE, routing protocols, traffic engineering, and resilient network design.
Strong understanding of datacenter network architecture, including leaf-spine topologies, routing and switching, IP addressing, segmentation, redundancy, and management networks.
Working knowledge of ZTP mechanisms and dependencies, including DHCP, DNS, bootstrapping, image and configuration services, device onboarding, and provisioning failure recovery.
Practical experience with logical datacenter build tools and workflows for source-of-truth management, inventory modeling, configuration generation, orchestration, and automated validation.
Demonstrated ability to work closely with network automation, architecture, and engineering teams to translate technical requirements into coordinated deployment activities.
Ability to interpret architecture diagrams, deployment plans, provisioning logs, and validation results to identify dependencies and coordinate issue resolution.
Experience managing schedules, technical risks, change coordination, and readiness tracking across multiple teams and locations.
Familiarity with deployment pipelines, APIs, CMDBs, and asset inventory systems.
Clear technical communication and strong organizational skills, including the ability to facilitate decisions and communicate deployment status to technical and business stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting large-scale AI, GPU, HPC, or cloud datacenter deployments.
Familiarity with Ethernet fabrics, BGP, EVPN/VXLAN, or InfiniBand environments.
Familiarity with infrastructure automation tools such as Ansible or Terraform, along with Python or API-based workflows.
A track record of improving deployment coordination, reducing delays, and helping teams resolve recurring provisioning and build issues.
Strong collaboration skills and the ability to influence across Network Automation, Network Architecture, Network Engineering, Operations, and Support.

Responsibilities

Coordinate between network customer and stakeholder teams and the Network Automation, Network Architecture, and Network Engineering teams.
Collaborate with Network Architecture and Engineering to understand approved designs, clarify deployment requirements, and align on technical standards.
Work with Network Automation to coordinate provisioning workflows and communicate deployment requirements with Architecture, Engineering, and stakeholder teams.
Identify and drive deployment team feature requests for tooling improvements with the Network Automation team.
Coordinate logical datacenter deployment activities, including source-of-truth updates, configuration generation, orchestration, and automated validation.
Bring feedback to Network Automation, Architecture, and Engineering teams and track agreed process and tooling improvements to improve deployment predictability and quality.
Track dependencies and coordinate issue resolution across teams and locations.
Partner with on-site teams to remove physical blockers.