Network Deployment and Maintenance Lead (Data Center Operations)

Location: Remote-friendly within the United States, with at least 25% office attendance and 50%+ travel to data center sites expected.

Annual salary: $320,000–$405,000 USD

Company

Anthropic develops reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems intended to be safe and beneficial for users and society.

What you will do

• Own network deployment outcomes across data halls, including cluster, management, telemetry, accelerator back-end, aggregation, cabling, optics, and switching infrastructure.
• Coordinate network readiness from construction kickoff through receiving, cabling, integration, turn-up, validation, acceptance, and handover into production operations.
• Lead on-site delivery, quality assurance, close-out, and structured handover activities across partner-operated data centers.
• Own the fleet-wide network repair program, including break-fix workflows, repair SLAs, ticket prioritization, escalation paths, vendor RMAs, and spare-parts availability.
• Run operating reviews with site partners and vendors, analyze ticket and telemetry data, and drive corrective actions with network engineering, suppliers, and WAN/Core teams.
• Convert deployment and repair lessons into procedures, checklists, acceptance criteria, operating standards, and performance metrics.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in data center operations or network deployment in a manager, technical lead, or related role.
• Proven experience leading large-scale data center network deployments across multiple sites or data-hall waves.
• Experience operating network hardware repair programs, including ticket flow, RMA, spares, vendors, OEMs, or contract workforces.
• Hands-on technical depth with data center switches, structured cabling, fiber, and optics sufficient to verify turn-up and repair quality.
• Ability to use schedule, ticket, telemetry, and inventory data to drive operational decisions and improve processes.
• Ability to travel heavily, work on site for extended periods, and support delivery surges and turn-up windows; 50% travel is expected.

Nice to have

• Experience with dense accelerator networks, high-speed interconnects, rack- and pod-scale optics, and cabling.
• Experience launching network operations at a new site or data hall.
• Experience managing network OEM RMA, warranty, failure-analysis, and supplier-quality programs.
• Experience delivering outcomes at partner-operated or colocation sites staffed by third parties.
• Familiarity with meet-me rooms, WAN bring-up, and handoffs between in-hall and building-level network teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Visa sponsorship is available when feasible for the role and candidate.
• Flexible working hours and an office-based collaboration environment.
• Competitive compensation, optional equity donation matching, vacation, and parental leave.
• Collaborative work focused on large-scale AI research and trustworthy AI systems.

Hiring process

• Candidates should review the guidance on AI usage during the application process.
• Recruiting communications come from Anthropic or identified vetted recruiting agencies.