Network Infrastructure Lead

Required

• Typically 8–10 years of large-scale data center network deployment, structured cabling, physical-layer installation or infrastructure delivery, with demonstrated field and contractor leadership. Equivalent depth of practical delivery experience will be considered.
• Strong understanding of physical data center network topologies, network components, bills of materials, rack constraints and installation sequencing; translate approved designs into executable field plans.
• Deep practical knowledge of fiber and copper plant installation, trunks, panels, terminations, cleaning, labeling and cable administration, including routing diversity and pathway separation.
• Ability to oversee and assess port-to-port verification, continuity, optical power and optical time-domain reflectometer (OTDR) testing; troubleshoot field installation and mapping discrepancies and verify remediation.
• Experience defining contractor work packages and statements of work, evaluating delivery requirements, forecasting labor needs and tracking quality, throughput, cost drivers and schedule performance within delegated authority.
• Experience coordinating deployment prerequisites with engineering and construction teams and completing formal operations handover with as-builts, port maps, test evidence and clear ownership transfer.
• Comfort with ticket-based execution, change control, incident escalation and documentation workflows that make network installation repeatable and auditable.
• Demonstrated ability to lead contractors and service providers through changing site conditions, set clear deliverables and acceptance criteria, and resolve performance gaps across organizations without relying on direct reporting authority.
• Strong written and verbal communication: maintain accurate field records, action and decision logs, and explain technical risks, schedule impacts and recovery options to site leadership, engineers and delivery partners.
• Sound judgment when information is incomplete: identify assumptions, prerequisites and interfaces, determine what work can proceed within approved authority, and escalate unresolved risks before they affect safety, quality or delivery.
• Relevant trade, apprenticeship, technical or degree-based preparation, or equivalent practical experience. Demonstrated field leadership and subject-matter competence are central to this site role.
• OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.