NETWORK ENGINEERING

Meta is looking for a Network Engineer, Deployment & Support on the global edge and backbone network deployment team. This team is responsible for planning and executing network migrations for one of the world’s largest backbone and edge networks. As a member of this team, you will have a unique opportunity to be involved in all aspects of networking at Meta.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• 8+ years of IP networking experience with deploying, migrating and supporting service provider, data center, and/or enterprise network infrastructure
• Experience configuring and troubleshooting IP routing/switching technologies and protocols including TCP/IP, BGP, ISIS, MPLS, RSVP and SDN
• Experience coordinating and executing hardware installation and configuration
• Hands-on experience with enterprise and carrier class routing, switching, and optical transport platforms
• Knowledge of data center design and operational best practices
• Experience with Linux OS/networking
• Experience analyzing situations and utilizing problem solving experiences under pressure
• Proven experience leading and executing network deployment and migration projects
• Experience working with limited supervision
• Experience interacting with vendors and external parties to drive projects to completion
• Time and project management experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience working in a multi-vendor network environment.
• Network certifications such as CCIE, CCNP, JNCIE, JNCIP.
• Knowledge of various scripting languages.
• Experience with process improvement and systems development, leveraging automation to streamline repetitive workflows.
  For those who live in or expect to work from California if hired for this position.

• Deploy, migrate and support our global production network including edge, backbone, data center infrastructure
• Work cross-functionally with project management, network engineering to generate implementation plans including Method of Procedure (MOP) and Bill of Materials (BOM), Engineering Design Packages (EDP) and Scope of Works (SOW)
• Provide technical leadership and guidance during network deployment and migration activities in our data centers and POPs, including in the areas of facility power, cooling, rack layout and cable management, physical equipment installation, network equipment configuration, testing and handoff for production traffic
• Drive problem management initiatives to solve complex issues that span multiple organizations. Initiatives exist globally across technical infrastructure reliability, policy, security, compliance, and business strategy
• Help drive and align on workflow management tooling requirements - efficiency and automation roadmaps
• Manage key vendor relationships including contract negotiations, pricing, and evaluation of current and potential partnerships
• Manage partner engineering team relationships to enable the team(s) to effectively meet business needs
• Coach and develop other engineers and managers on the team
• Proactively contribute to documentation, automation and process improvement
• Provide input to the scaling and evolution of the team to meet the projected network demands
• 10% to 30% of travel