Senior Manager, Network & Cloud Architecture

Crusoe•Sunnyvale, CA

2d•$250,000 - $300,000•Remote

About The Position

Crusoe is seeking a Senior Manager of Network & Cloud Architecture to lead the organization responsible for the physical and logical network fabric powering their AI-first cloud. This role involves overseeing the entire network infrastructure, from edge points of presence to data center SDN/cloud control planes. The ideal candidate will have experience scaling infrastructure organizations at a hyperscaler, AI cloud provider, or large-scale colocation operator, and will be adept at setting technical strategy, managing cross-domain tradeoffs, and developing technical leaders. This is a senior people-leadership role with deep technical ownership, reporting to the Director of Networking or VP of Infrastructure and acting as a key liaison between hardware, infrastructure, and product leadership.

Requirements

12+ years in network engineering/architecture
5+ years managing exceptionally skilled ICs
Proven track record leading network architecture at hyperscale, 1000+ switches across multi-campus or multi-region environments
Deep fluency across multiple network domains (edge, backbone, DC fabric, SDN/cloud)
Strong command of SDN and cloud-native networking (SDN controllers, Kubernetes CNIs, network virtualization/overlays)
Demonstrated experience setting multi-year technical strategy and influencing VP/C-level stakeholders
Track record building and scaling technical organizations, including hiring and developing senior & staff+ engineers
A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience

Nice To Haves

Prior senior leadership experience at a hyperscaler, AI cloud provider, HPC center, or large-scale colocation operator
Experience leading network organizations supporting multi-node GPU training infrastructure at scale
Familiarity with SONiC OS, P4 programmable data planes, or formal network verification tools (Batfish, Minesweeper)
Track record of open-source leadership or contribution in networking projects (SONiC, FRR, OVS/OVN, Cilium, NetBox)
Relevant certifications (CCIE DC/SP, JNCIE)

Responsibilities

Own the company-wide architecture strategy connecting edge PoPs, backbone transport, data center fabrics, and SDN overlays as a coherent system.
Arbitrate high-stakes tradeoffs between network domains (e.g., backbone capacity vs. data center fabric bandwidth vs. SDN overhead) optimized for AI/HPC workloads.
Establish engineering standards, reference architectures, and design review processes, with final sign-off on major architecture decisions.
Set the north star for PoP design, peering, IX participation, and edge compute/caching placement.
Define the game plan for long-haul/core network design, BGP, MPLS/segment routing, optical transport, and multi-region/multi-campus redundancy.
Set overarching strategy for spine-leaf fabric design, RDMA interconnects, and power/cooling-aware rack design for high-density GPU clusters.
Define strategic direction for SDN control plane architecture, Kubernetes networking, and customer-facing cloud constructs.
Champion intent-based networking, declarative configuration (GitOps), and network source-of-truth practices.
Own executive-level remediation for major cross-domain outages.
Partner with Product, Hardware, and Infrastructure leadership to align multi-year roadmaps with company priorities.
Represent network architecture in company-wide planning and align software and operations teams on execution.