Remote Senior Data Center Provisioning Engineer

Fastly; Washington, New York, Raleigh, Denver (District of Columbia, NY, NC, CO); Hybrid; USD 122,000 - 173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity program

Discretionary bonus

Hybrid/Remote friendly

Job summary

Fastly is hiring a Senior Data Center Provisioning Engineer (Remote, US). You will provision POPs, troubleshoot turnup issues, and collaborate across teams to expand a high‑availability global network. The role emphasizes automation with Git, Ansible, and Chef, and requires strong Linux and TCP/IP expertise.

You will join a fast-paced, hybrid/remote team with travel as needed, contributing to standards and post­deployment validation while supporting rapid capacity growth.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years experience in network devices and server provisioning, system administration, and/or site reliability engineering
• Strong understanding of how the internet and TCP/IP work, focused on client/server dataflow
• Strong IP routing knowledge, with a focus BGP with a deep understanding of TCP/IP
• Understanding of how CDNs work and their position in the global internet
• Comfort in a Linux environment, and prior experience with software/automation workflow tools such as Git, Travis, Chef, Ansible, or comparable
• Ability to troubleshoot server, scripting, and network issues
• Scripting ability in a common language such as Bash, Python, etc.
• Prior experience working at a CDN, hyperscale cloud provider, or telecom infrastructure provider.
• Hands-on coding experience (e.g., Python, Rust) for building or improving internal tooling.
• Experience provisioning and maintaining infrastructure for a large-scale, high-availability global network.

Responsibilities

• Provision POPs (network devices, servers and equipment), following documented standards and processes, using a variety of tools including Github, Ansible, Chef, and Fastly’s internal tool sets
• Troubleshoot and resolve problems that occur during provisioning and service turnup
• Work collaboratively with internal operations and infrastructure teams, as well as external partners, in support of error-free rapid expansion
• Contribute to the development and improvement of standards and processes for the provisioning of new infrastructure
• Partner with other Fastly teams in the development and iteration of tools and automation systems that improve how we provision the network
• Support post‑deployment validation, monitoring integration, and handoff to Network Operations for steady‑state management.

Skills

Network provisioning

Server provisioning

System administration

Site reliability engineering

TCP/IP fundamentals

BGP routing

Tools

Github

Ansible

Chef

Git

Travis CI

Job description

Fastly is hiring a Senior Data Center Provisioning Engineer (Remote, US). You will provision POPs, troubleshoot turnup issues, and collaborate across teams to expand a high‑availability global network. The role emphasizes automation with Git, Ansible, and Chef, and requires strong Linux and TCP/IP expertise.

You will join a fast-paced, hybrid/remote team with travel as needed, contributing to standards and post­deployment validation while supporting rapid capacity growth.