Network Production Engineer, Infrastructure

Meta; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in London is seeking Production Network Engineers to enhance its large-scale network. This role involves solving complex challenges in network design and operations, developing automated processes, and improving efficiency. Ideal candidates possess a Bachelor's in Computer Science and have experience in coding and scalable systems. Join a team that's critical for supporting millions globally across Meta's services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of coding experience in a relevant programming language.
• Experience with scalable systems/networks.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement operational process improvements.
• Design scalable solutions for hardware platforms.
• Lead enhancements of automation in network operations.
• Conduct investigations into technical issues.
• Participate in oncall rotation.
• Identify roadblocks and drive project execution.

Skills

Coding experience

Problem-solving in networks

Automation and operational efficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Overview

The Network Infrastructure team is responsible for designing, building and operating one of the largest networks in the world. Networking is at the core of all Meta products and experiences, and we are looking for Production Network Engineers who are interested in solving complex technical challenges in the Backbone, Datacenter Network, and AI Network domains. Production Network Engineers at Meta are hybrid software and network engineers who keep reliability and scalability in mind as they work on different parts of the lifecycle (designing, building, and operating our worldwide network). This role offers an opportunity to solve the scaling challenges of supporting billions of people using our family of apps; to cutting-edge challenges in AI workloads that power new Meta products.

Responsibilities

1. Develop operational process improvements and implement them in scalable, automated workflows to enhance operational efficiency

2. Design and develop solutions that scale across a variety of hardware platforms of network equipment

3. Lead enhancements of automation for continuous integration, validations, testing infrastructure, release, and configuration management across our global backbone, data center, and edge networks

4. Conduct thorough investigations into complex technical issues across networks, ranging from automated tooling to hardware failures and network issues

5. Participate in an oncall rotation with the rest of the team

6. Proactively find gaps that impact multiple teams, come up with the execution plan and drive the project and influence other teams to reach there

7. Help increase operational efficiency between peers and cross-functional teams by identifying roadblocks, designing and delivering automation solutions, and driving change

Minimum Qualifications

1. Bachelor\'s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience

2. 2+ years of coding experience in at least one programming language (e.g. Python, Go, C++, or Java), and learning new development languages

3. Experience with any of the following areas: planning, designing, building or operating scalable systems/networks

Preferred Qualifications

1. Experience with software and network debugging, profiling, and instrumentation techniques

2. 2+ years of experience building software for managing network infrastructure

3. Experience with developing distributed systems and operating them at scale

4. Experience designing and maintaining automated testing infrastructure

5. MS or Graduate work experience in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline

6. 2+ years of experience developing software on operating systems such as Linux

Industry: Internet