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IREN’s platform is underpinned by its expansive portfolio of grid-connected land and power in renewable-rich regions across North America, Europe and APAC. \nWith 100% renewable energy, we build, own and operate our data centers and take pride in being at the forefront of sustainable solutions for the ever-evolving applications of high-performance compute. We believe that human progress is invaluable, but it should be done in the right way - responsibly, sustainably and having a positive impact on the communities we operate in. \nThe Network Engineering Manager (AI HPC) leads our US network engineering team: around 10-20 engineers who design, build and run the high-performance networks behind our AI data centers. You will be accountable for what the team delivers across our US sites and for how the team grows. That means hiring well, developing every engineer, and building the standards and habits that let us bring new GPU capacity online quickly and reliably.\nThis is a hands-on technical leadership role. You need to hold your own in a fabric design review or a difficult troubleshooting call, but you will be measured mainly by the strength of the team you build and the engineers you develop.\nResponsibilities\nLeading and developing the teamLead, coach and develop a team of around 12 network engineers. Hold regular 1:1s, set clear goals, and give honest, timely feedback.\nOwn hiring for the US team: work with leadership on headcount and the right mix of levels, run structured interviews and technical assessments, and close strong candidates.\nBuild a learning culture through design reviews, peer review of configurations and code, blameless post-incident reviews, internal knowledge sharing, and support for vendor training and certification.\nPlan team capacity across concurrent builds and operational work. Balance workload, travel and on-call so the pace is sustainable, and cross-train so no site or skill depends on one person.\n Delivering the networkOwn network delivery for our US AI data center builds, from design and bill of materials through installation, cabling, configuration, validation and handover, against agreed capacity dates.\nWork with technical program managers, construction, electrical, data center operations and vendors on schedules, rack layouts, cabling plans and readiness. Raise risks early, with options.\nSet and hold standards for change control, documentation, acceptance testing and handover to operations.\nReport on delivery and team health, for example build progress against plan, acceptance test results, incident trends, automation coverage, hiring and retention.\nRequirements\n10+ years in network engineering, including at least 3 years directly managing engineers (hiring, performance reviews and career development).\nA track record of developing engineers: people you have hired, coached and promoted, and teams that learned to deliver without you in the detail.\nExperience growing a technical team through hiring: defining roles, running structured interviews and technical assessments, and onboarding new starters.\nDeep hands-on background in large-scale data center networks, including Layer 2/3 (VLANs, VXLAN, BGP EVPN, OSPF, IS-IS) and Clos/ECMP fabric design, enough to review designs and coach senior engineers.\nExperience delivering network builds for new data centers or major expansions against fixed dates, working with construction, electrical and operations teams.\nExcellent written and verbal communication, including explaining technical risk and trade-offs to non-network stakeholders and senior leaders.\nStrong ownership mindset and a great attitude.\nBased in the US, able to travel regularly to our data center sites and to work flexible hours during critical builds and incidents.\nDesirableAI/HPC networking: NVIDIA InfiniBand, Spectrum-X and RoCEv2 (PFC, ECN, lossless fabric tuning), with an understanding of NVLink/NVSwitch.\nNetwork hardware and operating systems: NVIDIA, Arista, Cisco, Dell and Fortinet; Cumulus Linux, SONiC, NX-OS and EOS.\nNetwork automation and infrastructure as code (Python, Ansible, Terraform, Git/GitLab CI), including leading a team’s move from manual to automated provisioning and validation.\nFiber and optical infrastructure (single-mode/multimode, DWDM/CWDM) and structured cabling at scale.\nIndustry certifications (e.g., CCIE, JNCIE or NVIDIA networking), or a history of supporting engineers through them.\n Key AttributesDevelops people deliberately: enjoys seeing others grow, and makes time for coaching even when delivery is busy.\nGives direct, specific feedback and deals with performance issues early and fairly.\nHolds a high technical bar and applies it consistently in hiring, design reviews and change control.\nPrefers repeatable systems (standards, runbooks, automation) to individual heroics.\nCollaborative across teams and time zones, including our global network engineering team.\nBenefits\nAt IREN, we offer a highly competitive compensation package that includes base salary, annual performance incentives, and opportunities to build long-term wealth through equity programs. These offerings are part of our broader total rewards package, thoughtfully designed to support your health, well-being, and long-term success. Compensation \nTotal Compensation package includes annual incentive bonus, equity (long-term incentive).\nHealth & Wellness \n100% company paid health insurance premiums (medical, dental, and vision) for employees, 75% company paid coverage for dependents\nCompany-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance\nVoluntary life, critical illness, and accident coverage available\nHealth Savings Accounts (HSA) - when combined with the High Deductible Health Plan\nEmployee Assistance Program and wellness resources\n Retirement & Financial Wealth \n401(k) retirement plan with company match\nAccess to financial planning and legal services\n Time Off & Leave Programs \nPaid Time Off (PTO) and paid holidays\n Growth & Development \nInternal skills training and advancement pathways\nProfessional development to support certifications, continuing education, or role related training\n Community & Culture \nCompany events and team-building activities\n IREN is an equal opportunity employer committed to a fair and inclusive recruitment process. 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While we appreciate all applications we receive, we are only able to contact candidates under consideration. \nBy applying for this position and submitting your resume and application materials, you consent to the processing of your personal information in accordance with our Job Applicant Privacy Statement available on our website at www.iren.com. \nIE US Operations, Inc. “IREN” participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the United States","description_format":"text","description_chars":7384,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":10,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":12,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Company events","Equity","Health insurance","Professional development","Retirement plans"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Data Centers & Colocation","Mining & Staking"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-10T09:08:38Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":63,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.632,"p_room":1,"age_days":11,"expected_fill_days":40,"reasons":["conf:2","stale_co","velocity","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-15T07:52:55Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/iren-network-engineering-manager","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/iren-network-engineering-manager.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-15T20:42:00Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":15191,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-16T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":47565},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=47565"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Firen-network-engineering-manager"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"free","price":{"credits":0,"usd":0},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Firen-network-engineering-manager"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Firen-network-engineering-manager"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/iren-network-engineering-manager\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Firen-network-engineering-manager"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":4009419}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"iren.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":4009419},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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