Senior Network Automation Engineer - Datacenter & AI

Meta; Lincoln (NE); On-site; USD 154,000 - 217,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Meta is seeking a Network Production Engineer to design, build, and operate our global backbone and data center networks. You will blend software and networking to create scalable, reliable solutions for Meta’s vast product suite and AI workloads.

You will lead automation efforts, collaborate with hardware and sourcing teams, and participate in on-call rotations to improve tooling and incident response across regions and platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years designing, building, and operating scalable networks.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language and rapid learning.
• Strong knowledge of TCP/IPv4-IPv6, routing protocols, and network services.
• Experience configuring devices across a multi-vendor environment.
• Experience with network devices, NMS, and related apps; vendor management.

Responsibilities

• Establish and implement global best practices and design scalable network solutions.
• Conceptualize, build, and maintain automation and tools for product deployment and ops.
• Design and develop solutions that scale across hardware platforms of network gear.
• Lead automation enhancements for CI, testing, release, and config mgmt across backbone and data centers.
• Collaborate with hardware, software, and sourcing teams to shape networking solutions.
• Investigate complex network issues from tooling to hardware failures.
• Develop automated workflows to improve operational efficiency.
• Improve cross-team collaboration by identifying roadblocks and delivering automation.
• Identify gaps, plan execution, and influence teams to address them.
• Participate in on-call rotation to learn from real-world challenges.
• Mentor peers and contribute to team growth and development.

Skills

Programming languages (Python)

C++

Go

Rust

Java

TCP/IP networking

BGP/MPLS/ISIS

Network device configuration (multi-vn

NMS & systems maintenance

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Juniper

Cisco

Arista

Job description

Meta is seeking a Network Production Engineer to design, build, and operate our global backbone and data center networks. You will blend software and networking to create scalable, reliable solutions for Meta’s vast product suite and AI workloads.

You will lead automation efforts, collaborate with hardware and sourcing teams, and participate in on-call rotations to improve tooling and incident response across regions and platforms.