Delivery Manager

Title: Delivery ManagerLocation: Middletown, NJ – 3-4 days a week#LI-HybridAbout The CompanyDriveNets is a leader in large-scale networking solutions for AI infrastructure and service providers. The company’s disaggregated networking architecture transforms the economics of large-scale infrastructures while maximizing performance, utilization, and operational efficiency. Its high-performance AI fabric maximizes GPU utilization and accelerates deployments by optimizing the AI stack end-to-end, resulting in higher tokens-per-second and lower cost-per-token. DriveNets’ solutions power production networks for global tier-1 operators like AT&T and Comcast, and scale multi-vendor AI infrastructures at foundation model labs, NeoClouds, and enterprises.The RoleDriveNets seeks a highly technical Delivery Manager to work based out of their Middletown, NJ office managing a large-scale OSS project with our service provider customer, AT&T, on site. This is a highly customer-facing and strategic role. The selected candidate will drive day-to-day activities of the network engineering delivery function and manage and grow a team of highly experienced network engineers. You will act as a trusted technical advisor bridging business and technical strategy for the customer.ResponsibilitiesIn this role you will:Manage and Grow the Engineering Team: Directly manage a US-based team of highly experienced network engineers, providing deep technical guidance, mentoring, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and engineering excellence.Customer-Facing Technical Advisor: Act as the primary, customer-oriented technical point of contact for AT&T, building strong relationships, addressing unique network use cases, and bridging business goals with complex technical strategies.Lead Technical Execution: Direct the end-to-end technical execution of large-scale OSS projects, directly overseeing architecture implementation, solution validation, and production readiness.Maintain and implement SLA to provide network services that meet specific performance metrics.Monitor and analyze network performance and reports on data input or output to detect problems and identify use of computing resources.Configure and troubleshoot Routers, Switches, and Firewalls.Develop specifications and technical documentation from customer requirements.Oversee and perform detailed functional, integration, performance, and reliability testing.Oversee and manage the Automate testing and deployment processes using scripting (Bash, Python) and automation tools (Terraform, Ansible).Design scalable, secure, and maintainable workflows, leveraging cloud networking experience where applicable.Documentation skills to be used externally with customers and internally with systems including Confluence spaces and Jira tickets.Deliver customer-facing projects (~30-40% client interaction) and effectively demonstrate validated OSS solutions, including solution validation, acceptance testing, and problem resolution, following Agile methodologies.Prepare network-related documentation.Prepare design presentations and proposals for customer, and demonstrate proof of concept to customer.Requirements:RequirementsBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Telecommunications, Networking, or closely related, or foreign equivalent;At least 7 years in a network engineering or networking implementation engineering role or a closely related field;At least 2 years of managing a network engineering team of 2 or moreExperience working with Cisco & Juniper networking technology, internet protocol networking, and standard routing protocolsExperience managing networking technology implementation and monitoring in large scale complex networks, preferably service providers, telecom, cable, or enterprise networks.7+ years of experience in Quality Assurance, software validation, or a related technical role within Service Provider environments.Proven working knowledge of networking protocols and technologies (e.g., BGP, MPLS, IPv4/IPv6, SR, VPN).Solid experience with Docker, Kubernetes, virtualization (KVM, VMware), and cloud environments (AWS/Azure).Skilled in scripting and automation frameworks/tools such as Ansible for configuration management.Proficiency in a Linux environment shell, Bash scriptingProficient in Python scriptingExperience working within Agile development methodologies and CI/CD practices.Hands on experience with integration technologies (APIs) such as REST API, RESTCONF, Netconf, gRPC, SOAP, etc.Solid understanding of modeling languages such as JSON, YANG, YAML, and XML.Familiarity with microservices architectures and associated testing strategies.Real-world experience providing technical leadership on network implementation projectsProblem solving, troubleshooting, reviewing log files, debugging. Being self-sufficient, but also helpful with peers.Strong interpersonal and communication skills, capable of effectively engaging with customers and internal teams.Soft Skills:Take charge attitudeAssertive but not aggressiveAbility to lead teams and act as a mentorNice to Haves/AdvantageWorking knowledge of JSON and Jinja2 templating.Hands-on experience with Git for version control and collaborative development workflows.CCIE or JNCIE certification (1 would be desired)More About DriveNetsBased in Israel with extended teams located in the US, Japan, and Romania, DriveNets operations cover more than twelve countries globally. Powering production networks for global tier-1 operators, DriveNets is a leader in large-scale networking solutions for AI infrastructure and service providers. Visit our website to learn more: your experience is close but doesn’t fulfill all requirements, please apply. DriveNets is on a mission to build a special company comprised of individuals with different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.DriveNets is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on upon race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. #J-18808-Ljbffr