Staff Network Production Engineer, Deployment

Crusoe
San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Bellevue
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 165,000 - 200,000 annuallyFunction: Manufacturing & Production OperationsExperience: 5+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Problem-solving","Opportunity-finding","Ownership","Cross-team collaboration","Time management"]

Own the physical and logical deployment of Crusoe’s global network for new data centers and edge sites. Execute rack-and-stack through cutover, convert architecture designs into concrete steps, and build Python/Ansible automation and ZTP workflows. Support burn-in and site acceptance testing, troubleshoot leaf-spine fabric issues across Arista, Juniper, and NVIDIA/Mellanox gear, and partner with vendors on physical layer readiness while participating in on-call for production incidents.

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Job Summary

Own the physical and logical deployment of Crusoe’s global network for new data centers and edge sites. Execute rack-and-stack through cutover, convert architecture designs into concrete steps, and build Python/Ansible automation and ZTP workflows. Support burn-in and site acceptance testing, troubleshoot leaf-spine fabric issues across Arista, Juniper, and NVIDIA/Mellanox gear, and partner with vendors on physical layer readiness while participating in on-call for production incidents.
Location: San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Bellevue
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Manufacturing & Production Operations
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Execute on-site and remote network deployments for new data center and edge site builds, from rack-and-stack through final cutover.
  • •Implement architecture designs into deployment steps (cable maps, port assignments, device configs, and site runbooks).
  • •Write and maintain Python/Ansible automation and ZTP workflows to stage, configure, and validate batches of switches and routers.
  • •Support burn-in and site acceptance testing, troubleshoot failures, and drive clean handoffs to Operations.
  • •Configure and troubleshoot Arista, Juniper, and NVIDIA/Mellanox gear in leaf-spine fabrics (including BGP, EVPN-VXLAN, and LLDP issues), and diagnose physical/link-layer problems using OTDRs, light meters, and packet captures.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 165,000 - 200,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kPaid LeaveParental LeaveLearning Budget

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of network engineering experience focused on large-scale data center deployments and infrastructure projects.
  • •Strong physical layer knowledge, including structured cabling (SMF/MMF, MPO/MTP), optical transceivers (400G/800G), and data center power/cooling requirements.
  • •Hands-on routing and switching experience configuring Arista (EOS), Juniper (Junos), and NVIDIA/Mellanox platforms in leaf-spine architectures.
  • •Working knowledge of BGP, EVPN-VXLAN, and LLDP for large-scale fabric provisioning.
  • •Proficiency in Python and Ansible for automating deployment tasks and validating configuration state.
Experience:5+ yearsData centersHyperscaleGPU cluster networking
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Problem-solvingOpportunity-findingOwnershipCross-team collaborationTime management
Certifications:CCNPJNCIPArista ACE
Tech Stack:PythonAnsibleZTPArista EOSJuniper JunosNVIDIAMellanoxBGPEVPN-VXLANLLDPOTDRLight metersPacket capturesLeaf-spinePrometheusGrafanaRDMARoCEInfiniBandNVIDIA NCCL

Company Brief

Crusoe
Builds vertically integrated, energy-first AI infrastructure and purpose-built AI data centers (Crusoe Cloud), leveraging clean/stranded energy to power large-scale GPU compute for AI training and inference.
Industry: Data Centers
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Decacorn (USD 10B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Denver, United States
Founded: 2018
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