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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # AVP - Network Automation & Infrastructure AI - **Company:** Verizon Communications Inc. - **Location:** Bernards, NJ, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $191,500.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Foundry, Machine Learning, Network Functions Virtualization, Reliability Engineering, Software Engineering, AI Infrastructure, O-RAN, Google Cloud, Large Language Models, Multi-Cloud, Containerization, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Machine Learning Operations, Open Network Automation Platform - **Published:** August 25, 2026 - **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/apply/add/88133225/1 ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or four or more years of equivalent work experience. * Ten or more years in large-scale network or software engineering, including five or more years leading distributed, cross-functional technical organizations. * Proven delivery of cloud-native network functions (CNF/VNF), NFV, or SDN at carrier or hyperscale. * Hands-on depth in network automation, orchestration, and closed-loop assurance. * Experience applying AI/ML to infrastructure - anomaly detection, energy or resource optimization, or autonomous operations. * Working knowledge of 5G Core, virtualized and O-RAN, edge, and multi-cloud or on-premises AI infrastructure. Preferred:- * Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field. * Experience moving an operator toward TM Forum autonomous networks Level 4. * Production experience with agentic AI or LLM-based operations. * Cloud-native platform leadership - Kubernetes, GitOps, SRE - and network energy-efficiency programs. * Experience with hyper scaler partnerships (Google Cloud, AWS, Azure) and on-premises AI inference at the edge. * Ability to translate deep technical strategy for board-level stakeholders and to lead cultural change across engineering. Where you'll be workingIn this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes working from home and a minimum of three days per week in the office, which will be set by your manager. Employees are responsible for maintaining compliance with hybrid work policies. ## Description Obsessed with the customer * Tie automation to experience. Turn reliability and customer-experience targets into closed-loop operations that detect, diagnose, and resolve issues before customers feel them - the foundation of a self-healing network. * Own the execution of intent. Partner with the network intelligence organization: take the RAN and cross-domain intent they generate and act on it through automated, policy-governed change on the live network. Build with speed * Automate the virtualized network. Own zero-touch lifecycle, upgrade, scaling, and healing for virtualized RAN (L2/L3) and 5G Core network functions across a multi-vendor, cloud-native environment. * Make the infrastructure AI-native. Lead AI/ML-driven optimization of compute and energy - dynamic power management across vCPU and radio resources, workload placement, and capacity - so the network optimizes itself. * Own and scale the platform. Run the orchestration, closed-loop assurance, and on-premises AI inference platform that already delivers hundreds of thousands of virtualized RAN upgrades and millions of automated actions each year - and take it to the next level. * Set the reference architecture. Define the agentic operating model, policy-as-code guardrails, and safe-autonomy standards for the run layer across domains and vendors. Drive excellence * Build and lead the team. Grow and lead a distributed engineering organization spanning cloud-native and SRE, MLOps, and network automation, with multiple director-level leaders. * Own the autonomy roadmap. Drive toward Level 4 against hard metrics: zero-touch success rate, mean-time-to-resolve, automation coverage, and energy savings. * Represent Verizon externally. Engage industry and standards bodies (TM Forum, O-RAN, 3GPP) and technology and hyper scaler partners. * Keep autonomy safe. 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