Lead the high-performance networking systems for AV Core Infrastructure at GM, focusing on network design, capacity management, integration, and automation.
Description
The Role:
We are hiring an opinionated leader to own the high-performance networking systems for AV Core Infrastructure (ACI) at GM. ACI is the core engineering organization responsible for building and maintaining the unified, secure hybrid platform that enables all autonomous software hosting, validation, and testing. You will lead the team responsible for the physical and virtual "pipes" that power our autonomous and robotic future, managing a high-throughput, low-latency hybrid network fabric across on-prem data centers and global cloud environments. We need a leader who takes deep ownership of Tier-0 connectivity and designs for scale, failure, and recovery as first-class concerns.
What you'll do
Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)
Compensation: The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws. The compensation may not be representative for positions located outside of New York, Colorado, California, or Washington.
Benefits:
Relocation: This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.
Hybrid: This role is based hybrid from Sunnyvale you are expected to report to that location three times a week, at minimum.
About GM
Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.
Why Join Us
We believe we all must make a choice every day - individually and collectively - to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Every day, we want every employee to feel they belong to one General Motors team.
Total Rewards | Benefits Overview
From day one, we're looking out for your well-being-at work and at home-so you can focus on realizing your ambitions. Learn how GM supports a rewarding career that rewards you personally by visiting Total Rewards resources.
Non-Discrimination and Equal Employment Opportunities (U.S.)
General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of unlawful discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that providing an inclusive workplace creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers.
All employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to sex, race, color, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, disability, pregnancy or maternity status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran or protected veteran, or any other similarly protected status in accordance with federal, state and local laws.
We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications for each role and apply for any positions that match their skills and capabilities. Applicants in the recruitment process may be required, where applicable, to successfully complete a role-related assessment(s) and/or a pre-employment screening prior to beginning employment. To learn more, visit How we Hire.
Accommodations
General Motors offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us [email protected] or call us at 800-865-7580. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.
The Role:
We are hiring an opinionated leader to own the high-performance networking systems for AV Core Infrastructure (ACI) at GM. ACI is the core engineering organization responsible for building and maintaining the unified, secure hybrid platform that enables all autonomous software hosting, validation, and testing. You will lead the team responsible for the physical and virtual "pipes" that power our autonomous and robotic future, managing a high-throughput, low-latency hybrid network fabric across on-prem data centers and global cloud environments. We need a leader who takes deep ownership of Tier-0 connectivity and designs for scale, failure, and recovery as first-class concerns.
What you'll do
- End-to-End Architecture: Own the design, implementation, and operation of the hybrid network fabric, ensuring secure physical peering and seamless traffic engineering between on-prem and multi-cloud environments.
- Ingest Capacity: Manage the full lifecycle of data-to-cloud ingest systems, ensuring 100% capacity for the Super Cruise data flywheel.
- Network Integration: Execute the high-stakes integration of legacy networks, specifically merging DNS and VPN environments to eliminate friction for developers.
- NetDevOps Leadership: Establish and enforce SLOs for networking services while reducing operational risk through automated configuration management and "golden paths."
Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)
- Required: Deep experience with high-performance physical networking, including dark fiber, BGP, and Leaf-Spine architectures.
- Required: Experience managing multi-cloud interconnects (GCP/Azure) and large-scale VPN/DNS migrations.
- Required: Strong opinion on Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Ansible) for network configuration management.
- Required: Proven leadership experience at the Senior Manager or Principal-level scope.
What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)
- Background in managing network security remediations and zero-trust initiatives in a hybrid environment.
Compensation: The compensation information is a good faith estimate only. It is based on what a successful applicant might be paid in accordance with applicable state laws. The compensation may not be representative for positions located outside of New York, Colorado, California, or Washington.
- The salary range for this role is $160,000 to $240,000. The actual base salary a successful candidate will be offered within this range will vary based on factors relevant to the position.
- Bonus Potential: An incentive pay program offers payouts based on company performance, job level, and individual performance.
- Benefits: GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.
Benefits:
- Benefits: GM offers a variety of health and wellbeing benefit programs. Benefit options include medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan, sickness and accident benefits, life insurance, paid vacation & holidays, tuition assistance programs, employee assistance program, GM vehicle discounts and more.
Relocation: This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.
Hybrid: This role is based hybrid from Sunnyvale you are expected to report to that location three times a week, at minimum.
About GM
Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.
Why Join Us
We believe we all must make a choice every day - individually and collectively - to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Every day, we want every employee to feel they belong to one General Motors team.
Total Rewards | Benefits Overview
From day one, we're looking out for your well-being-at work and at home-so you can focus on realizing your ambitions. Learn how GM supports a rewarding career that rewards you personally by visiting Total Rewards resources.
Non-Discrimination and Equal Employment Opportunities (U.S.)
General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of unlawful discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that providing an inclusive workplace creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers.
All employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to sex, race, color, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, disability, pregnancy or maternity status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran or protected veteran, or any other similarly protected status in accordance with federal, state and local laws.
We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications for each role and apply for any positions that match their skills and capabilities. Applicants in the recruitment process may be required, where applicable, to successfully complete a role-related assessment(s) and/or a pre-employment screening prior to beginning employment. To learn more, visit How we Hire.
Accommodations
General Motors offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us [email protected] or call us at 800-865-7580. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.
Top Skills
Ansible
Azure
Bgp
Dns
GCP
Leaf-Spine Architectures
Terraform
Vpn
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