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Network Operations Manager

Waymo· Finance, Business Systems, and Global Places & Services
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Mountain View, California$175k - $215kFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Waymo seeks a Network Operations Manager to lead a high-performing team within the Digital Transformation Services (DTS) and Infrastructure & Network Services (WINS) organizations. The role focuses on incident management, ITIL governance, deployment support, technical operations, and automation to ensure operational resilience, uptime, and scalable infrastructure for Waymo’s production and enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

  • Leadership: Manage a high-performing, inclusive team of engineers, technical professionals, and vendor agents. Design and implement overarching business plans, long-term strategic initiatives, and roadmaps to continue organizational growth and prosperity.
  • Incident Management: Act as an Owner during major service disruptions, managing the end-to-end remediation of high-severity events and Tier 2/3 escalations. Evolve the incident framework into an advanced ITIL-aligned methodology, prioritizing root-cause analysis, trend identification, and post-incident reviews (PIRs) to eliminate chronic or repetitive network issues.
  • ITIL Governance: Oversee the full lifecycle of technology infrastructure services (incident, change, event, configuration, and asset management). Establish KPIs and continuous process improvement models to ensure reliable, repeatable service levels.
  • Deployment Support: Validate and implement MOPs (Methods of Procedure) for internal teams and implementation partners. Oversee the deployment and maintenance of firewalls, switches, access points, UPS, and supporting infrastructure.
  • Technical Operations: Provide technical leadership during complex network event correlation, architectural improvement validations, and the review of site-specific Engineering Design Plans (EDPs). Support the secure deployment, maintenance, and upgrade lifecycle of critical production infrastructure (firewalls, switches, access points, UPS, etc).
  • Automation & Innovation: Guide the transition from legacy, manual infrastructure configurations to highly automated network operations. Partner with cross-functional teams to design automation systems, reduce operational toil, and onboard new technologies that drastically optimize MTTR metrics.

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in network operations or engineering.
  • 2+ years of experience in a management or team lead role
  • Operational Excellence: Experience managing and delivering strategic networks with high availability requirements
  • Team Building: Proven track record of recruiting, hiring, and building technical teams in a fast-paced environment.
  • Technical Proficiency: Strong knowledge of configuring network devices via CLI (console/SSH) and cloud-hosted portals.
  • High-Bandwidth Ops: Experience managing high-performance networks supporting large-scale data ingress/egress (e.g., fleet data offloading) and critical on-premise infrastructure.
  • Soft Skills: Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills for engaging with both technical engineers and business stakeholders.
  • Process Management: Experience in creating documentation, runbooks, and configuration management standards.
  • B.S. in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent certifications/experience.

Skills

Required:LeadershipIncident managementITIL governance

Benefits

  • Discretionary annual bonus program
  • equity incentive plan
  • generous Company benefits program
  • Health and wellness benefits
  • Financial wellness
  • Flexibility and time off
  • Supporting families
  • Community and personal development
  • Cool perks
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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