Senior Network Automation & Foundation Engineer (Equity)

Meta; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 191,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking a Network Engineer to join the Site Services Foundation team, supporting the design, deployment, and operational readiness of enterprise network infrastructure across Meta's data center and campus environments.

In this role, you will work at the intersection of network engineering and site services, collaborating with cross-functional partners in facilities, site operations, hardware engineering, and infrastructure teams to ensure that network technologies are deployed reliably

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of automation experience in networking on large-scale networks.
• Knowledge and experience with REST APIs.
• Experience with network devices (routers, switches, load balancers).
• Experience leveraging AI-assisted tools for software development and coding efficiency.
• Knowledge of optical, Layer 2, and Layer 3 technologies.
• Knowledge and experience in Python.
• Experience working autonomously within a globally distributed team, managing priorities across time zones.

Responsibilities

• Drive initiatives to enhance efficiency through tooling improvements in the pre-deployment domain for Backbone, Edge, and Optical.
• Collaborate with internal and cross-functional partner teams to define and automate optimal workflows for network pre-deployment activities.
• Automation and integration into existing tooling ecosystem which involves planning and pre-deployment activities (design bootstrapping, BOM creation).
• Proactively find gaps that impact multiple teams/orgs, develop execution plans, and drive the projects.
• Mentor and onboard new team members to ramp up quickly in our environment.
• Perform detailed troubleshooting and engage cross-functional teams to fix system/tooling issues.
• Drive requirements with cross-functional teams to align tooling development efforts.
• Identify issues slowing the team and drive changes to improve velocity.

Skills

Automation in networking

REST APIs

Networking devices

Python

AI-assisted tools

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering

Tools

REST APIs

Python

C

C++

Go

Rust

Job description

Meta is seeking a Network Engineer to join the Site Services Foundation team, supporting the design, deployment, and operational readiness of enterprise network infrastructure across Meta's data center and campus environments.

In this role, you will work at the intersection of network engineering and site services, collaborating with cross-functional partners in facilities, site operations, hardware engineering, and infrastructure teams to ensure that network technologies are deployed reliably