Senior DataCenter Provisioning Engineer

Fastly; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 122,000 - 173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Employee Stock Purchase Program

12 paid local holidays and wellness/fć

Job summary

Fastly is seeking a Senior Data Center Provisioning Engineer to configure and deploy servers, network devices, and supporting infrastructure across global PoPs. You will partner with hardware, tooling, and operations teams to build scalable provisioning processes and expand capacity while maintaining reliability.

The role requires 5+ years in provisioning roles, strong TCP/IP knowledge, and experience with Linux, scripting, and automation tools.

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.

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

CDN concepts

Linux environment

Scripting (Bash, Python)

Tools

Github

Ansible

Chef

Travis CI

Git

Internal tooling

Job description

Fastly helps people stay better connected with the things they love. Fastly’s edge cloud platform enables customers to create great digital experiences quickly, securely, and reliably by processing, serving, and securing our customers’ applications as close to their end-users as possible — at the edge of the Internet. The platform is designed to take advantage of the modern internet, to be programmable, and to support agile software development. Fastly’s customers include many of the world’s most prominent companies, including GitHub, Yelp, Paramount, and JetBlue.

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Senior Data Center Provisioning Engineer (Remote, US)

The Data Center Provisioning team is responsible for configuring and deploying the servers, network devices and supporting infrastructure that provides over 462Tbps of connected global capacity spanning across more than 100 points of presence (POPs) worldwide.

We are looking for a highly collaborative, detail-oriented data center provisioning engineer to join us as we build out new sites and provision additional capacity for existing sites, supporting the growth of a platform that serves a significant proportion of the content delivered to internet consumers across the planet.

You will work cross-functionally with our hardware, tooling, and operations teams, making our network bigger and better, and contributing to more scalable provisioning solutions.

What You'll Do

• 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.

What We're Looking For

• 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.

We’ll be super impressed if you have experience in any of these

• Prior experience working at a Content Delivery Network (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.

Work Hours

This position will require you to be available during core business hours.

Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements

This position is open to Hybrid And Remote Work Locations.

The preferred locations for this position are:

• Denver, CO
• San Francisco, CA
• New York, NY

Fastly currently embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles which allows employees flexibility to split their time between the office and home.

There is a strong preference for Hybrid near a local office. However, we may be willing to consider remote candidates within the US.

This position may require travel as required by your role or requested by your manager.

SF / LA Fair Chance Ordinance Statement

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Salary

The estimated salary range for this position is $122,280 to $172,632.

Starting salary may vary based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, and location.

This role may be eligible to participate in Fastly’s equity and discretionary bonus programs.

Benefits

We care about you. Fastly works hard to create a positive environment for our employees, and we think your life outside of work is important too. We support our teams with great benefits that start on the first day of your employment with Fastly. Curious about our offerings?

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance. Family planning, mental health support along with Employee Assistance Program, Insurance (Life, Disability, and Accident), a Flexible Vacation policy and up to 18 days of accrued paid sick leave are there to help support our employees. We also offer 401(k) (including company match) and an Employee Stock Purchase Program. For 2026, we offer 12 paid local holidays, 12 paid company wellness days.

Why Fastly?

• We have a huge impact. Fastly is a small company with a big reach. Not only do our customers have a tremendous user base, but we also support a growing number of open source projects and initiatives. Outside of code, employees are encouraged to share causes close to their heart with others so we can help lend a supportive hand.
• We value diversity. Growing and maintaining our inclusive and diverse team matters to us. We are committed to being a company where our employees feel comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work and have the ability to be successful -- every day.
• We are passionate. Fastly is chock full of passionate people and we’re not ‘one size fits all’. Fastly employs authors, pilots, skiers, parents (of humans and animals), makeup geeks, coffee connoisseurs, and more. We love employees for who they are and what they are passionate about.

Fastly is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity and to providing employees with a safe and welcoming work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Our employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, family or parental status, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.

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