Scaleway
Scaleway

Buyer / Contract Manager

Permanent contract
Paris
Salary: Not specified
A few days at home
Experience: > 5 years
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Scaleway
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Key Facts about Scaleway Network

- Connecting 100,000+ physical servers for virtualized cloud and dedicated servers infrastructure.

- 10 datacenters in 3 countries, plus a dozen of network PoPs across Europe.

- More than 5 Tbps of Internet traffic.

- Many thousands of routers and switches.

- Highly automated massive-scale technical environment.

Responsibilities

  • Work closely with the network infrastructure and leadership teams to gather business needs for network expansion.
  • Identify vendors and services that cater to Scaleway's network business needs, including metro and long-haul DWDM wavelengths, dark fibers, IP transit, IXP, etc.
  • Negotiate key vendor contracts and orders from a business perspective.
  • Work together with the network infrastructure leadership on optimizing network costs.
  • Find private peering partners, negotiate private peering conditions, and develop private peering outreach.
  • Analyse Scaleway traffic patterns and anticipate future capacity growth.
  • Collaborate with product managers and product engineering teams to understand product roadmaps and network capacity needs.
  • Work closely with the finance team on budget planning and follow-up, business case analysis, and supplier invoicing.

    • Mandatory Qualifications

  • Minimum 5 years of experience in the service provider industry (ISP, cloud, content, and CDN providers, large scale web-services).
  • Understanding of the telecom and datacenter market, including key players and types of services.
  • Experience in procurement and business negotiations.
  • At least a basic understanding of the technical fundamentals of internet routing, fiber optics, and physical data center infrastructure.
  • General computer science background: overall understanding of how computer hardware, software, and networking work, fluency in IT jargon.
  • Ability to write documents and present information in a structured manner.
  • Strong communication skills.
  • Fluent in English and French, spoken and written.

    • Nice to Have Qualifications

  • Previous experience as a network engineer and strong technical background in IP routing, fiber optics, routing protocols, network hardware, and datacenter infrastructure.
  • Established contacts with industry players.
  • Fluency in French & English.

    • Location

    This position is based in our offices in Paris, Lille or Toulouse (France)

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