Manager, Network Connectivity & Carrier Strategy

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VultrNetwork infrastructure

Remote - United StatesFull-TimeManager

Salary150,000 - 200,000 USD per year

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Experience: 10+ years in network infrastructure, telecommunications, or data center connectivity, including 5+ years negotiating fiber, transport, peering, transit, and colocation deals; 3+ years of people management, or clear readiness to manage.

Have 10+ years of experience in network infrastructure, telecommunications, or data center connectivity.
Have 5+ years of experience negotiating fiber, transport, peering, transit, and colocation deals.
Bring deep knowledge of fiber construction economics and logistics, including route surveys, make-ready, right-of-way, permits, ILA/hut placement, splice and amp engineering, and construction timelines.
Have experience structuring multi-party connectivity deals, dark fiber IRUs, wavelength leases, colo agreements, and self-built metro fiber arrangements with national and regional carriers.
Have a track record of building carrier relationships at engineering and executive levels.
Understand long-haul and metro transport technology, including 800/400G-ZR/ZR+, DWDM, amplification, distance limits, and route-diversity design.
Have experience advising on network POP/site placement strategy, carrier hotels, IX presence, PeeringDB, and rural/metro build trade-offs.
Know IP networking technologies and practices, including BGP, Segment Routing, MPLS, Traffic Engineering, SLOs, and SLAs.
Have knowledge of software development and tooling, including GIS, scripting, agentic coding, network traffic analysis, network simulation, and synthetic monitoring.
Have 3+ years of people management experience or clear readiness to manage a small team.
Be willing to travel to carrier meetings, site walks, and construction reviews, up to 25%.

Own end-to-end connectivity selection for new data center sites, from assessment and carrier outreach through procurement and turn-up.
Map regional fiber and carrier infrastructure using FiberLocator, PeeringDB, state 811/one-call records, and local knowledge.
Negotiate MSAs, NDAs, colocation agreements, dark fiber IRUs, and wavelength/transport contracts.
Lead carrier engineering sessions to develop construction budgets, build timelines, and route-diversity commitments.
Manage and develop a small team of carrier relations professionals, setting priorities and coaching carrier engagements.
Advise executive and network leadership on expansion recommendations based on carrier capability, fiber availability, power and land economics, and regional demand.
Partner with Network Engineering and Architecture on connectivity design and with operations on POP turn-up and backbone integration.
Track carrier performance and drive the carrier engagement playbook, including escalation and when to pivot.
Evaluate self-build fiber opportunities with local construction partners.

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