Senior Global Network Production Engineer

Meta; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 154,000 - 217,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking a Network Production Engineer in Utah to design, build, and operate a massive global network for the Backbone, Datacenter, and AI workloads. You will work as a hybrid software and network engineer on the complete lifecycle from planning to monitoring, driving scalable automation and data analytics across the Backbone, data center, and edge networks.

The role emphasizes solving complex networking challenges at scale, collaborating with hardware, software, and sourcing teams, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or related field or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years building or operating scalable network systems.
• Proficiency in Python, C++, Go, Rust or Java and rapid language learning.
• Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, routing (BGP/MPLS/ISIS) and DNS/DHCP.
• Experience with multi-vendor device configuration (Juniper/Cisco/Arista).
• Experience with network devices, NMS, web servers, databases, and storage systems.
• Hardware evaluation and vendor management experience.

Responsibilities

• Establish and implement global best practices and scalable network designs.
• Build automation tools for product introductions, deployment, and operations.
• Design solutions that scale across multiple hardware platforms.
• Lead automation enhancements for CI, testing, release, and config management.
• Collaborate with hardware, software, and sourcing teams on new networking solutions.
• Investigate complex issues across networks, tooling, and hardware failures.
• Improve operational efficiency through scalable automated workflows.
• Identify roadblocks, design automation, and drive cross-team changes.
• Identify gaps, plan execution, and influence other teams to act.
• Participate in on-call rotations to learn from production challenges.
• Mentor peers and contribute to team growth.

Skills

Python

C++

Go

Networking

TCP/IP

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Juniper

Cisco

Arista

Brocade

NMS Systems

Job description

Meta is seeking a Network Production Engineer in Utah to design, build, and operate a massive global network for the Backbone, Datacenter, and AI workloads. You will work as a hybrid software and network engineer on the complete lifecycle from planning to monitoring, driving scalable automation and data analytics across the Backbone, data center, and edge networks.

The role emphasizes solving complex networking challenges at scale, collaborating with hardware, software, and sourcing teams, and