IREN
Global WAN Architect
$260K
San Francisco, California · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted May 16, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years in WAN infrastructure, fibre deployment, telecommunications delivery, carrier operations, or large-scale network connectivity roles.
- Visa sponsorship
- IREN participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with the applicant’s Form I-9 information to confirm authorization to work in the United States.
About the job
Own end-to-end global WAN, fibre, ISP, and carrier connectivity delivery to ensure resilient, high-capacity network readiness for AI/HPC infrastructure sites.
What you'll do
- Drive carrier and ISP delivery, escalating blockers to meet fibre installation, circuit turn-up, upgrade, and remediation timelines.
- Coordinate connectivity deployment, acceptance, failover testing, route diversity, and operational readiness with internal teams and providers.
- Manage connectivity capacity, resilience risks, procurement processes, and deployment reporting across sites.
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, enterprise, or hyperscale infrastructure.
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.
Pay
$190.000 - 260,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
WAN, fibre, DWDM, IX connectivity
AI focus
Supports connectivity delivery and capacity planning for AI/HPC infrastructure and large-scale GPU compute environments.
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