Network Field Operations Manager

Would you like the opportunity to work in a high-impact role

directly contributing to Akamai's growth?

Do you enjoy building hardware platforms at

global scale?

Join our critical Network Infrastructure Team

We manage deployment and maintenance of critical infrastructure, including hardware and networks supporting Akamai's products. Responsibilities include ensuring consistent availability, overseeing field service delivery in data centers, and managing vendor relationships. Focus areas include reviewing reports, monitoring SLA compliance, and analyzing performance metrics to maintain reliability for customers.

Partner with the best

The role involves collaborating with field technicians and leads to optimize operations and improve efficiency. Responsibilities include task prioritization, real-time decision-making, and ensuring seamless execution. Partner with vendors to support technician hiring and assist in forecasting future business needs.

As a Network Field Operations Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Ensuring daily field taskssuch as racking, cabling, equipment handling, packaging removal, and physical maintenanceare completed within SLA's
• Coordinating regional site requirements and technician dispatches based on task volume and skillset, covering across time zones
• Defining and track performance metrics such as task completion rate, quality, time-to-deploy, and incident recurrence
• Identifying operational inefficiencies and implementing process improvements to enhance speed, consistency, and safety
• Demonstrating ownership over day-to-day decisions & ensuring adherence to site protocols, safety regulations, and operational guidelines
• Collaborating with workforce planning, vendor management teams to align operations with business priorities & meet operational demands

Do what you love

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have bachelor's degree and 4+ years of experience in field operations or large-scale workforce management

(data centres)
- Have experience managing across geographies or

shift-based operations
- Have skills in people management, task

coordination, and process standardization
- Have experience with tools for workforce

scheduling, task tracking, and reporting and forecasting techniques
- Have good communication and interpersonal

skills; able to work across cultures and time zones
- Have experience leading onboarding and training

programs at scale would be good

Work in a way that works for you

FlexBase, Akamai's Global Flexible Working Program, is based on the principles that are helping us create the best workplace in the world. When our colleagues said that flexible working was important to them, we listened. We also know flexible working is important to many of the incredible people considering joining Akamai. FlexBase, gives 95% of employees the choice to work from their home, their office, or both (in the country advertised). This permanent workplace flexibility program is consistent and fair globally, to help us find incredible talent, virtually anywhere. We are happy to discuss working options for this role and encourage you to speak with your recruiter in more detail when you apply.

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At Akamai, we're curious, innovative, collaborative and tenacious. We celebrate diversity of thought and we hold an unwavering belief that we can make a meaningful difference. Our teams use their global perspectives to put customers at the forefront of everything they do, so if you are people-centric, you'll thrive here.

Working for you

At Akamai, we will provide you with opportunities to grow, flourish, and achieve great things. Our benefit options are designed to meet your individual needs for today and in the future. We provide benefits surrounding all aspects of your life:

• Your health
• Your finances
• Your family
• Your time at work
• Your time pursuing other endeavors

Our benefit plan options are designed to meet your individual needs and budget, both today and in the future.

About us

Akamai powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. With the world's most distributed compute platform from cloud to edge we make it easy for customers to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away.

Join us

Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you