Network Engineer, Foundation & Support (Edge/Backbone Infrastructure Design)

Meta; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 135,000 - 191,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Meta’s Edge & Network Services (ENS) team is seeking a Network Infrastructure Design Engineer to develop and deploy scalable connectivity solutions in data centers and colocation facilities. You will design space, power, cooling, and cabling layouts for edge and backbone sites, while coordinating with planning, engineering, and deployment teams to ensure on-time delivery.

Responsibilities include managing infrastructure delivery, facility sizing, and vendor coordination across global projects,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years designing and constructing data centers or comparable mission-critical facilities (Edge POPs, backbone sites, carrier hotels, central offices, cable landing stations).
• Ability to read and analyze electrical/mechanical single-line diagrams.
• Experience delivering complex infrastructure design/builds via external colocation vendors with planning, execution, risk management and on-time delivery.
• Strong planning, prioritization, and communication skills.
• Ability to thrive in ambiguous, fast-paced environments and collaborate across global cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Manages global space, power, cooling, structured cabling, and other inside plant infrastructure delivery for edge/backbone deployments.
• Engages in system-level facility sizing of utilities, switchgear, UPS/DC, PDUs, cooling, and LV power distribution.
• Collaborates with data center providers to meet Meta's standard design requirements.
• Leads site acceptance activities with colocation providers per edge network standards.
• Coordinates multiple projects in parallel and drives on-time completion with vendors.

Skills

Project management

Data center design

Electrical diagrams

Mechanical systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Revit

AutoCAD

Bluebeam

BIM 360

Procore

Job description

The Edge & Network Services (ENS) team at Meta is seeking individuals to help us tackle the unique challenges and opportunities we face while contributing to our mission of connecting the world. This global team offers a unique career opportunity to work with large-scale network infrastructure technologies and engineers solving complex problems in the industry. For this role, we are looking for a Network Infrastructure Design Engineer with demonstrated experience in developing and deploying network connectivity solutions at scale in a data center or similar mission-critical data processing environment. In this role, you will contribute to the expansion of Meta's global network reach as a member of the ENS Foundation Design team, you will support capacity expansion of Meta’s global Edge/Backbone network and compute presence. You will work closely with cross-functional design, engineering, planning, and deployment teams to develop space, power, cooling, and connectivity infrastructure design requirements and drive execution of these needs within Meta’s global colocation spaces including POPs, Cable Landing Stations, and Backbone midpoint sites.

Network Engineer, Foundation & Support (Edge/Backbone Infrastructure Design) Responsibilities:

• Manages global space, power, cooling, structured cabling, and other inside plant infrastructure delivery requirements to support Meta's edge/backbone network deployments across owned and colocation facilities
• Engages in system-level facility sizing of utilities, switchgear, UPS/DC power plant, PDUs, mechanical cooling, and LV power distribution
• Proactively engage with various data center colocation providers in evaluating their facilities and recommend corrective actions to meet Meta's standard design requirements
• Collaborates with internal and external design and planning engineers to execute projects related to cage and suite network/compute infrastructure build-outs
• Leads weekly syncs with external co-location vendors and provides technical support and progress reporting on cage and suite build-outs and acceptance testing
• Manages and tracks project timelines, risks, and successfully navigates projects to on-time completion
• Leads site acceptance activities with various colocation providers as per the edge network facility acceptance standards
• Coordinates multiple projects in parallel and efficiently execute work through vendors at scale
• Develops optimized layouts of edge/backbone midpoint site floor plans, allocates space assigned to network functions, optical, backbone, IP, compute, etc
• Delivers on-time engineering design packages related to site infrastructure scope for sourcing and capacity planning teams
• Collaborates closely with Meta business and technical teams to provide input on space and power delivery and associated deployment projects, as well as other major initiatives that may affect capacity delivery
• Updates Meta’s internal tooling and data record keeping in support of edge/backbone midpoint cage and suite build-outs
• Coordinates related OFCI equipment delivery from Meta’s inventory to colocation facilities
• Proactively works and aligns with network planning and investment teams on the roadmap and material forecasting needs for on-time delivery of projects
• Demonstrates proactive communication and a customer-focused mindset in all interactions
• Applies lessons learned from projects to support continuous improvement initiatives
• 20% to 30% of travel is required based on project demand

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• 7+ years designing and constructing data centers or comparable mission-critical facilities (Edge POPs, backbone sites, carrier hotels, central offices, cable landing stations) — specifying space, power, cooling, and structured-cabling connectivity for network/compute hardware
• Ability to read and analyze electrical/mechanical single-line diagrams
• Demonstrated project management experience delivering complex infrastructure design/builds through external colocation vendors — planning, execution, risk management, and on-time delivery
• Strong planning, prioritization, and communication skills
• ability to thrive in ambiguous, fast-paced environments and to collaborate across global cross-functional teams

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
• Experience with optical network design, installation, and maintenance for service providers or global enterprise networks
• Professional Engineering (PE) licensure — Electrical or Mechanical
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
• Experience in leading and managing matrixed technical teams
• Data center design or structured-cabling certification (e.g., BICSI RCDD)
• Proficiency with Revit / AutoCAD / Bluebeam / BIM 360 / ACC / Procore (or equivalent)
• Familiarity with Linux-based systems and scripting/automation

About Meta:

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

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$135,000/year to $191,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.