Manager Network Connectivity and Carrier Strategy
Vultr is an active independent cloud-infrastructure company providing global compute, GPU, bare-metal, storage, Kubernetes, and serverless AI inference services.
About Vultr
Vultr provides globally available cloud infrastructure for developers, enterprises, and AI innovators, including Cloud Compute, Cloud GPU, Bare Metal, Cloud Storage, managed Kubernetes, and serverless inference.
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About the Role
You will lead connectivity selection for new data center sites, from assessment and carrier outreach through procurement and turn-up. You will evaluate fiber infrastructure, negotiate carrier agreements, manage carrier-relations personnel, and advise on site expansion. You will partner on connectivity design, POP integration, carrier performance, and self-build fiber opportunities.
Requirements
- 10+ years of network infrastructure, telecommunications, or data center connectivity experience
- 5+ years negotiating fiber, transport, peering, transit, and colocation deals
- Knowledge of fiber construction economics and logistics
- Experience structuring multi-party connectivity deals, dark fiber IRUs, wavelength leases, and colocation agreements
- Experience building carrier relationships at engineering and executive levels
- Knowledge of long-haul and metro transport technologies, including 800/400G-ZR/ZR+, DWDM, amplification, distance limits, and route diversity
- Experience with network POP and site placement strategy
- Knowledge of BGP, Segment Routing, MPLS, Traffic Engineering, SLOs, and SLAs
- Knowledge of GIS, scripting, agentic coding, network traffic analysis, network simulation, and synthetic monitoring
- 3+ years of people management or readiness to manage
- Written and verbal communication skills
- Willingness to travel up to 25%
Responsibilities
- Own site connectivity selection from assessment through carrier turn-up
- Map regional fiber and carrier infrastructure to assess buildability and timelines
- Negotiate carrier agreements, dark fiber IRUs, and transport contracts
- Lead engineering sessions with carriers on budgets, timelines, and route diversity
- Manage and coach carrier relations personnel
- Advise leadership on site expansion using carrier capability, fiber availability, economics, and demand
- Partner on connectivity design, POP turn-up, and backbone integration
- Track carrier performance and improve carrier engagement practices
- Evaluate self-build fiber opportunities with construction partners
Benefits
- Company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums
- 401(k) matching up to 4% with immediate vesting
- $2,500 annual professional development reimbursement
- 11 holidays, paid time off accrual, and PTO rollover
- Increased PTO at three- and ten-year anniversaries
- One-month paid sabbatical every five years
- Annual anniversary bonus
- $500 first-year remote office setup stipend and $400 annual subsequent stipend
- Internet reimbursement up to $75 per month
- Gym membership reimbursement up to $50 per month
- Company-paid Wellable subscription