Senior Data Center Network Architect

Meta; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 162,000 - 227,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta's Edge & Network Services (ENS) team is seeking a Network Engineer with extensive data center cabling and fiber experience to design, deploy, and operate scalable facilities. You will help modernize infrastructure with automation and work across multiple internal teams to ensure design accuracy and deployment success.

Ideal candidates will have 8–10+ years of data center network experience, strong knowledge of TCP/IP and optical transport, and a track record of leading large projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 8-10+ years designing and deploying large-scale data center network infrastructure.
• Knowledge of structured cabling and fiber optic infrastructure and associated standards.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams on data center projects.
• Strong TCP/IP, routing, switching, and optical transport knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Support data center construction and network deployment across greenfield, collocation, and retrofit sites.
• Generate network design packages with cross-functional teams for deployment.
• Act as SME for physical infrastructure and BMS/controls networks in data centers.
• Partner with software teams to reflect design intent in Fiber Infrastructure Management tools.
• Develop automation to improve network design, deployment, and operations.
• Oversee vendor field teams to meet data center construction milestones.
• Travel 25% to 40% based on project demand.

Skills

TCP/IP networking

Routing & Switching

Structured cabling & fiber

Automation scripting

Vendor management

Data center design

AI workflow integration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Python

Go/C++

BMS/Automation tools

Job description

Meta's Edge & Network Services (ENS) team is seeking a Network Engineer with extensive data center cabling and fiber experience to design, deploy, and operate scalable facilities. You will help modernize infrastructure with automation and work across multiple internal teams to ensure design accuracy and deployment success.

Ideal candidates will have 8–10+ years of data center network experience, strong knowledge of TCP/IP and optical transport, and a track record of leading large projects.