Edge Network Operations Engineer

Meta; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 107,000 - 159,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking a Network Operations Engineer to join the ENS Foundation NetOps team. You will support edge, data center, and network infrastructure with a focus on reliability, security, and scalability.

Collaborate with internal teams, vendors, and cross-functional partners to deliver robust operational strategies. The role emphasizes incident management, automation opportunities, and leadership across global sites, with potential international travel and ongoing improvements to network

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience; degree must be completed before joining Meta.
• 4+ years operating, deploying, and designing large-scale network, optical, and/or physical layer infrastructure.
• 4+ years operating network operations for large-scale service provider, data center, or enterprise networks.
• Hands-on experience with optical/network gear and related test equipment.
• Strong communication with hardware vendors and service providers.
• Experience troubleshooting and root-cause analysis across cross-functional projects.
• Ability to guide external vendors in repair actions.
• Knowledge of Network Services topology, traffic analysis, and architectures.
• Familiarity with Cisco/Juniper/Nexus platforms.
• Understanding of data center design: cabling, fiber, power, cooling.
• Experience with network hardware like Ciena, Infinera, Nokia, Arista, Cisco WDM.
• Ability to drive programs from inception to delivery with measurable impact.

Responsibilities

• Incident Response: investigate complex technical and process issues during edge/network events.
• Change Management: implement secure, scalable changes; improve tools and policies.
• Operations: identify efficiency opportunities and ensure standards compliance.
• Collaboration: address internal customer needs and influence network design iterations.
• Team Leadership: coordinate cross-functional teams and drive roadmaps.
• Risk Management: design processes to manage data and asset protection risks.
• Information and Data Assurance: maintain documentation and data integrity.
• Automation: identify automation opportunities and implement lightweight code solutions.
• Data Measurement: define metrics for escalation, faults, capacity, and vendor performance.
• Communication: clearly share goals, progress, and lessons learned.
• Travel: up to 25% travel may be required.

Skills

Bachelor's degree required

Network operations

Large-scale network infra

Optical/WDM experience

Vendor communication

Troubleshooting

Guiding external vendors

Network services familiarity

Cisco/Juniper/Nexus

Data center design basics

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or equivalent

Tools

Network test gear

Fiber/copper test equipment

Job description

Meta is seeking a Network Operations Engineer to join the ENS Foundation NetOps team. You will support edge, data center, and network infrastructure with a focus on reliability, security, and scalability.

Collaborate with internal teams, vendors, and cross-functional partners to deliver robust operational strategies. The role emphasizes incident management, automation opportunities, and leadership across global sites, with potential international travel and ongoing improvements to network