Global Backbone Network Planner – Equity & Bonus

Meta; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 154,000 - 217,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Meta is seeking a Network Planner to support the expansion of our global backbone network from Menlo Park. You will analyze traffic projections, build capacity plans, and collaborate with software, product, and network engineering teams to ensure scalable, resilient design.

The role requires 3+ years in network planning, experience with IP/Optical/Fiber networks, and proficiency with modeling tools like NPS, Opnet, Cariden, and Python. This is a full-time position in the United States.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of experience in network planning in high capacity, mission critical environment.
• Experience with designing IP, Optical or Fiber networks and knowledge of current technology.
• Knowledge of network topology and experience in building resiliency design.
• 2+ years of experience with network modeling tools such as NPS, One Planner, Opnet, Cariden, WAE, Aria, WANDL or other in-house tool.
• Programming experience in Python or a similar language.

Responsibilities

• Analyze traffic capacity projections and develop an optical transport network capacity plan accordingly.
• Partner with Software Engineering & Product Engineering teams to develop capacity planning models and optimization simulations for network infrastructure.
• Partner with Network Engineering teams to establish new design standards and build them into production.
• Follow the developments of IP or Optical technology roadmaps and capabilities.
• Network design, accounting for technological capabilities and network routing, to ensure scaling requirements and resiliency for the network are met.
• Model ad-hoc, what-if scenarios, including greenfield and brownfield demand and supply scenarios to set strategy.
• Investigate collections of network failure and routing behaviors, and create simulation tests to improve network efficiency and network reliability metricsOversee fiber topology evolution of the backbone to achieve resiliency, and latency requirements.
• Work with engineering, finance, and sourcing to support backbone fiber acquisitions strategies.

Skills

Network planning

Python

IP/Optical design

Network modeling tools

Resiliency design

Education

BS or MS in Engineering or Analytics

Tools

NPS

One Planner

Opnet

Cariden

WAE

Aria

WANDL

Job description

Meta is seeking a Network Planner to support the expansion of our global backbone network from Menlo Park. You will analyze traffic projections, build capacity plans, and collaborate with software, product, and network engineering teams to ensure scalable, resilient design.

The role requires 3+ years in network planning, experience with IP/Optical/Fiber networks, and proficiency with modeling tools like NPS, Opnet, Cariden, and Python. This is a full-time position in the United States.