Lead Backbone Network Engineer | AI-Driven Infra

Salesforce; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 172,500 - 260,100; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Competitive salary range

Equity opportunities

Job summary

Salesforce seeks a Lead Network Engineer to deliver technology infrastructure and support the Salesforce Global Network in San Francisco. This role involves collaboration across teams to build innovative solutions, requiring deep knowledge of IT, network management, and automation.

Candidates should have a minimum of 7 years in production network environments, strong project management skills, and experience with Cisco and Juniper routers. The salary range is $172,500 - $260,100 annually, plus benefits.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years in production network environments, or comparable experience.
• Proven project management skills.
• Experience working with telecommunications vendors.
• Experience with Cisco and Juniper carrier-class routers.
• Strong Python coding skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as a liaison with the vendor sourcing team.
• Project manage new capacity installs with sourcing and field engineering teams.
• Develop network configuration automation in Python and Ansible.
• Coordinate with connectivity partners for troubleshooting.
• Maintain Network Data SoTs.

Skills

Production network environments

Project management skills

Telecommunications vendors experience

Cisco and Juniper routers

Cisco Nexus-based switches

Routing protocols (BGP, IS-IS)

Python coding

Unix/Linux operating systems

Network automation tools (Ansible)

Git or version control systems

AI and machine learning

Education

Technical degree

Tools

Ansible

Cisco routers

Juniper routers

Terraform

Kubernetes

Job description

Salesforce seeks a Lead Network Engineer to deliver technology infrastructure and support the Salesforce Global Network in San Francisco. This role involves collaboration across teams to build innovative solutions, requiring deep knowledge of IT, network management, and automation.

Candidates should have a minimum of 7 years in production network environments, strong project management skills, and experience with Cisco and Juniper routers. The salary range is $172,500 - $260,100 annually, plus benefits.