Senior Edge Network Operations Engineer

Meta; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 107,000 - 159,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta seeks a Network Operations Engineer for the ENS Foundation NetOps team. You will apply expertise in hyperscale data center cabling, fiber connectivity, and IP networking to support field repair services and operational reliability.

Collaborate with internal teams and vendors to drive scalable, outcome-focused initiatives across global sites. You will lead efforts to improve efficiency, reliability, and service delivery while contributing to strategic projects and data-driven decision

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or related field, completed before joining Meta.
• 4+ years operating and designing large-scale network, optical, and physical layer infrastructure.
• 4+ years of network operations experience supporting large-scale data center networks.
• Experience with Cisco, Juniper routers/switches and Nexus data center switches.
• Ability to translate performance issues into actionable technical requirements.
• Familiarity with physical data center design and cabling.

Responsibilities

• Incident response: investigate complex technical issues during major incidents and site events.
• Change management: address security and business continuity issues and implement effective changes.
• Drive operations by identifying process improvements to enhance efficiency and quality.
• Collaborate with internal customers to address needs and influence data center and network designs.
• Lead cross-functional teams to deliver aligned projects and roadmaps.
• Manage data protection risks and operations continuity across the network.
• Ensure documentation is current and data in systems is accurate.
• Identify automation opportunities to remediate Tier-1 faults via software.

Skills

Communication skills

Project management

Problem solving

AI workflow integration

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Computer Engineering or related field

Tools

Cisco WDM equipment

Nokia equipment

Infinera equipment

Ciena equipment

Arista/Nexus data center switches

Juniper routers/switches

Job description

Meta seeks a Network Operations Engineer for the ENS Foundation NetOps team. You will apply expertise in hyperscale data center cabling, fiber connectivity, and IP networking to support field repair services and operational reliability.

Collaborate with internal teams and vendors to drive scalable, outcome-focused initiatives across global sites. You will lead efforts to improve efficiency, reliability, and service delivery while contributing to strategic projects and data-driven decision