Network Engineer - Network Infrastructure

TikTok; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

TikTok is seeking a hands-on Network Infrastructure Engineer to design, operate and optimize TikTok's global backbone network. You will collaborate with network architecture, SDN, and tool platforms to scale across continents and ensure 7x24 availability.

Travel up to 15-30% may be required; a Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering and WAN experience with major vendors (Cisco/Arista/Juniper/Nokia) and strong TCP/IP, OSPF/IS-IS, BGP, MPLS, and QoS knowledge are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Good understanding of network protocols including TCP/IP, OSPF/IS-IS, BGP and MPLS related technologies.
• Hands-on experience with designing, building and operating WAN using devices from mainstream vendors (Cisco/Arista/Juniper/H3C/Nokia, etc).
• Self-motivated with good communication and written skills.

Responsibilities

• Plan, design, implement, operate and optimize TikTok's global backbone network across all major continents.
• Collaborate with network architecture, SDN, tools platform teams to improve network scalability, resource utilization, buildout efficiency and operational excellence.
• Collaborate with team members across multiple time zones to ensure continuous 7x24 global network operations.
• Partner with the 7x24 NOC team to support day-to-day operations of the global backbone network infrastructure, including responding to network incidents, alerts, mitigation, and service restoration during network failures.
• Travel may be required up to 15% - 30% of the time.

Skills

TCP/IP

OSPF/IS-IS

BGP

MPLS

WAN design

Python scripting

Communication

Written skills

Self-motivated

Education

Bachelor's in CS/Engineering or related field

Tools

Cisco

Arista

Juniper

H3C

Nokia

Job description

About the Team

TikTok infrastructure networking brings together innovative ideas and technologies from network architecture, software-defined networking (SDN), network virtualization, switch software and hardware co-design, and high-speed networking, to create hyperscale data-center networking solutions that power several of the most popular apps of the world such as TikTok which serve hundreds of millions of users around the globe.

TikTok infrastructure networking is responsible for planning, building and operating the global, intelligent network infrastructure to meet the requirements of high availability, scalability, and high-performance. By joining this team, you will gain marketable network experience in multiple technological domains on a global scale.

Responsibilities

• Plan, design, implement, operate and optimize TikTok's global backbone network across all major continents.


• Collaborate with network architecture, SDN, tools platform teams to improve network scalability, resource utilization, buildout efficiency and operational excellence.


• Collaborate with team members across multiple time zones to ensure continuous 7x24 global network operations.


• Partner with the 7x24 NOC team to support the day-to-day operations of the global backbone network infrastructure, including responding to network incidents alerts, mitigation, and service restoration during network failures.


• Travel may be required up to 15% - 30% of the time.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualification(s):

• Bachelor's in Computer Science, Information Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience


• Good understanding of network protocols including TCP/IP, OSPF/IS-IS, BGP and MPLS related technologies.


• Hands-on experience with designing, building and operating wide area network (WAN) using devices from mainstream vendors, such as Cisco, Arista, Juniper, H3C, Nokia, etc.


• Self-motivated, good communication and written skills.

Preferred Qualification(s):

• In-depth knowledge and skill of backbone traffic engineering technologies, such as RSVP-TE, SRTE-MPLS and SRv6 etc.


• In-depth knowledge of quality-of-service (QoS) technologies and implementations on wide area network.


• Good understanding of controller-based software-defined networking.


• Programming/scripting in Python or other languages.

About TikTok

TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and we also have offices in New York City, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Why Join Us

Inspiring creativity is at the core of TikTok's mission. Our innovative product is built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we work towards every day. We strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and innovate as one team. We're resilient and embrace challenges as they come. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.

Diversity & Inclusion

TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

Acknowledgment of Country

In the spirit of reconciliation, TikTok acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.