# Senior Network Planner

**Company**: CoreWeave
**Location**: New York, NY, NY
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $157,000 to $210,000
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

CoreWeave is seeking an experienced Senior Network Planner to join its Infrastructure Capacity – Backbone Network & Connectivity team. You will independently own the strategic planning, procurement, and management of its core network connectivity, ensuring it remains expansive, reliable, and efficient.

Key Responsibilities:

- Capacity Procurement: Evaluate and procure new backbone network capacity, negotiate commercial terms with vendors, and align with business requirements and network growth forecasts.

- Solution Review & Design: Review and approve proposed capacity solutions, set technical standards for fit, cost-effectiveness, and adherence to network design principles.

- Capacity Management: Monitor utilization, identify bottlenecks, and drive multi-quarter upgrade plans.

- Network Planning & Forecasting: Develop long-term capacity forecasts, incorporate cross-regional trends and technological advances, and create actionable expansion plans.

- Vendor Relationship Management: Negotiate favorable commercial terms and set technical and commercial evaluation standards for vendor proposals.

- Technical Documentation: Establish and maintain documentation standards for network designs, circuit inventory, and planning activities.

- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Represent Network Backbone & Connectivity in cross-functional planning forums and provide technical guidance.

- Mentorship & Process Ownership: Mentor and guide other Network Planners, refine team processes, and scale the backbone team.

- Problem Solving: Resolve complex technical and commercial issues related to network capacity, diversity, and performance.

- Industry Trends: Track emerging network technologies, best practices, and vendor roadmaps, and apply them to the team's backbone strategy.

- International Carrier & Fiber Strategy: Lead regional backbone expansion tied to CoreWeave's global growth, represent CoreWeave in carrier and vendor negotiations.

Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, Computer Science, or a related field.

- 7+ years of experience in backbone network planning for large-scale telecommunications, hyperscaler, data center colocation, or cloud/content networks.

- Extensive experience with wavelength and dark fiber-based network solutions.

- Demonstrated experience in network capacity forecasting, management, and optimization.

- Deep understanding of network architecture principles.

- Direct experience with international carrier markets and the fiber/subsea landscape.

- Experience mentoring or providing technical guidance to less-senior planners or engineers.

Preferred Skills:

- Proficiency in network planning tools and software.

- Experience with specific vendor equipment.

- Knowledge of IP routing and switching principles.

- Familiarity with network automation concepts.

Compensation & Benefits:

- Base salary range: $157,000 to $210,000.

- Discretionary bonus, equity awards, and comprehensive benefits program.

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## Skills

### Required
- Electrical Engineering
- Telecommunications
- Computer Science
- Network Architecture
- Wavelength
- Dark Fiber
- Network Planning
- Capacity Forecasting
- Vendor Management

### Nice to have
- GIS systems
- FiberLocator
- Ciena
- Nokia
- Infinera
- Cisco
- IP routing
- Network Automation

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