d-Matrix · 1 hour ago
Staff Network Operations Engineer
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
7+ years expd-Matrix is focused on unleashing the potential of generative AI to drive technology transformation. They are seeking a senior network engineer to design, secure, operate, and scale the network foundation that supports their operations and product development.
AI InfrastructureArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud InfrastructureData CenterSemiconductor
Responsibilities
Drive the evolution of the existing global networking environment to maintain secure, scalable network infrastructure across offices, labs, partners, data centers, customer development, and cloud environments
Enhance network security through efforts including, but not limited to, segmentation, firewall policy improvements, identity-driven access controls, and Zero Trust principles
Automate network configuration, monitoring, compliance checks, and change management using modern automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Python, etc.)
Maintain and optimize switches, routers, firewalls, VPNs, wireless networks, and WAN connectivity
Implement best-in-class monitoring, logging, and alerting to proactively detect security and operational issues such as intrusions, break-ins/compromised entryways, data issues, and connectivity bottlenecks
Partner with IT and DevOps and Security to build a unified, automated infrastructure foundation with consistent best practices, security, and policy enforcement
Lead or contribute to network-related incident response, troubleshooting, and post-mortems
Take a technical leadership role in architecting and implementing global infrastructure scaling for new office/lab expansions, production-like test environments, customer support, and data center environments
Develop and enforce network standards, documentation, runbooks, and operational SOPs
Evaluate new networking and security-focused technologies and solutions as d-Matrix expands and matures into a global enterprise environment
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent professional experience
7–10+ years of hands-on network engineering and operations experience in corporate, enterprise, or mixed environments
Deep expertise with switching, routing, VLANs, VPNs, site-to-site connectivity, QoS, and related network fundamentals
Strong experience with Palo Alto, Cisco, Juniper, Cloudflare, Zscaler, or similar enterprise networking stacks
Hands-on firewall administration with a strong understanding of modern security practices (e.g., least privilege, segmentation, threat prevention, and TLS inspection)
Experience building automated workflows using Ansible, Python, REST APIs, or NETCONF
Strong understanding of network monitoring and observability tooling (Prometheus, Grafana, NetFlow, SNMP, Syslog, etc.)
Experience implementing zero-trust networking concepts, identity-aware access, or SASE solutions
Ability to troubleshoot complex cross-layer problems (DNS, DHCP, routing, ACLs, performance issues, wireless)
Ability to diagnose issues across systems, networks, and applications
Self-motivated team player
Preferred
Data center operations, support, and scalability
Experience supporting engineering lab networks, HPC clusters, or ML development environments
Experience with cloud networking (AWS VPCs, Transit Gateways, DirectConnect, peering, hybrid networks)
Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code or GitOps-style processes applied to network management
Strong experience with security compliance requirements (CIS benchmarks, SOC2, NIST, etc.)
Prior startup or small-team experience where wearing multiple hats is common
Network certifications (CCNP/CCIE, JNCIP/JNCIE, PCNSE, etc.) are a plus, not required
Company
d-Matrix
D-Matrix is a platform that enables data centers to handle large-scale generative AI inference with high throughput and low latency.
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$429MKey Investors
Temasek HoldingsTSVC
2025-11-12Series C· $275M
2023-09-06Series B· $110M
2022-04-20Series A· $44M
Leadership Team
Peter Buckingham
Senior Vice President, Software Engineering
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