Interconnection Manager
Interconnection Manager
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At Cloudflare we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the worlds largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware installing software or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network which gets smarter with every request. As a result they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazines Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the Worlds Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company.
We realize people do not fit into neat boxes. We are looking for curious and empathetic individuals who are committed to developing themselves and learning new skills and we are ready to help you do that. We cannot complete our mission without building a diverse and inclusive team. We hire the best people based on an evaluation of their potential and support them throughout their time at Cloudflare. Come join us!
Available Location: London UK; Lisbon Portugal; Kuala Lumpur Malaysia; Bangalore India
About the Role:
The Interconnection Manager within the Network Strategy team will play a crucial role in optimizing and expanding Cloudflares global network connectivity encompassing both external interconnections and the internal backbone. This position involves strategic planning relationship management and technical to ensure efficient and costeffective interconnection with Internet Service Providers (ISPs) Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) and other network partners as well as the strategic development and management of Cloudflares backbone network.
Responsibilities
Strategic Backbone Management:
- Develop and execute strategies for the expansion optimization and maintenance of Cloudflares global backbone network.
- Plan and manage backbone capacity ensuring scalability and high performance to support Cloudflares services.
- Analyze backbone traffic patterns and performance metrics to identify areas for improvement and optimization.
- Advise in budget planning cycles to ensure proper resource allocation for backbone growth and scaling.
- Interconnection Management:
- Formulate and execute strategic plans to optimize traffic flow across Cloudflares network balancing traffic between backbone partner transit IX and peer connections.
- Develop and maintain a comprehensive understanding of regional and global interconnection landscapes.
- Lead negotiations for interconnection agreements and partnerships.
- Relationship Management:
- Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with ISPs IXPs and other network partners.
- Act as the regional expert for interconnection relationships focusing on improving availability capacity effectiveness and cost efficiency.
- Technical :
- Manage the implementation of interconnection projects ensuring timely and efficient .
- Monitor network performance and utilization identifying and resolving potential bottlenecks.
- CrossFunctional Collaboration:
- Collaborate with key internal stakeholders (Data Center Strategy Network Engineering Capacity Planning Infrastructure Operations) to ensure alignment on network strategy and implementation.
- Engage with internal stakeholders to plan requirements and deliver crossfunctional projects clearly communicating with project stakeholders.
- Industry Engagement:
- Represent Cloudflare in industry forums and conferences contributing to the development of best practices and standards.
Qualifications:
- 5 years of experience in network infrastructure ideally within a Telco ISP CDN or cloud environment.
- Strong understanding of networking protocols and technologies including BGP DWDM and IP networking.
- Proven experience in negotiating and managing interconnection agreements.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong analytical and problemsolving abilities.
- Experience with capacity planning cost modeling and operations research.
What Makes Cloudflare Special
Were not just a highly ambitious largescale technology company. Were a highly ambitious largescale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.
Project Galileo: Since 2014 weve equipped more than 2400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work technology already used by Cloudflares enterprise customersat no cost.
Athenian Project: In 2017 we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project weve provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states.
1.1.1.1: We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster more secure and privacycentric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use it is the first consumerfocused service Cloudflare has ever released. Heres the deal we dont store client IP addresses never ever. We will continue to abide by our privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers.
Sound like something youd like to be a part of Wed love to hear from you!
This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations. Please note that any offer of employment may be conditioned on your authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license.
Cloudflare is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all people and place great value in both diversity and inclusiveness. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their or any other persons perceived or actual race color religion sex gender gender identity gender expression sexual orientation national origin ancestry citizenship age physical or mental disability medical condition family care status or any other basis protected by law. We are an AA/Veterans/Disabled Employer.
Cloudflare provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job. Examples of reasonable accommodations include but are not limited to changing the application process providing documents in an alternate format using a sign language interpreter or using specialized equipment. If you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job please contact us via email at or via mail at 101 Townsend St. San Francisco CA 94107.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
