IREN
Global WAN Architect
Fort Worth, Texas · On site · Full-time · Posted May 16, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of experience in WAN infrastructure, fibre deployment, telecommunications delivery, carrier operations, or large-scale network connectivity roles.
- Visa sponsorship
- Participates in E-Verify to confirm that applicants are authorized to work in the United States.
About the job
Own end-to-end global WAN, fibre, ISP, and carrier connectivity delivery, ensuring resilient, operationally ready bandwidth for AI/HPC infrastructure deployments.
What you'll do
- Drive carrier and ISP delivery, escalations, installs, upgrades, and remediation to meet connectivity timelines.
- Coordinate fibre turn-ups, circuit acceptance, failover testing, route validation, and site readiness with internal teams and providers.
- Manage connectivity capacity, resiliency risks, deployment tracking, procurement input, and operational reporting.
What they ask for
- Strong understanding of WAN architecture, fibre infrastructure, carrier provisioning, route diversity, colocation networking, and high-capacity connectivity.
- Proven experience managing ISPs, telecommunications providers, dark fibre operators, or carrier delivery programs in mission-critical environments.
- Demonstrated ability to manage escalations, drive provider accountability, and remove delivery blockers under pressure.
- Experience coordinating connectivity deployments across data centers, AI/HPC environments, enterprise infrastructure, or hyperscale deployments.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with long-haul transport, DWDM, IX connectivity, backbone infrastructure, and carrier interconnection models.
- Experience supporting GPU compute, AI infrastructure, HPC, or hyperscale infrastructure environments.
Tools
WAN, DWDM, IX
AI focus
Supports connectivity delivery for AI/HPC infrastructure deployments, including large-scale GPU compute environments.
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