Senior Network Operations Engineer – Edge & Data Center

Meta; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 107,000 - 159,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta seeks a Network Operations Engineer for the Edge and Network Services 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.

You will collaborate with internal teams and vendors to drive incident response, change management, automation, and data-driven improvements across global sites while traveling up to 25% as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience required.
• 4+ years operating, deploying, and designing large-scale network infrastructure.
• 4+ years of network operations experience with large-scale data centers or service providers.
• Hands-on experience with optical and network equipment and test gear.
• Strong communication with vendors and global partners.
• Experience troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and cross-functional projects.
• Ability to guide external vendors and direct repair actions.
• Knowledge of network services topology, traffic analysis, and architectures.
• Familiarity with Cisco/Juniper/Nexus hardware and data center switching.
• Knowledge of physical data center design and cabling.

Responsibilities

• Respond to incidents with cross-functional teams and vendors to investigate root causes.
• Identify security and business continuity issues and implement changes.
• Improve operational efficiency by optimizing policies, processes, and procedures.
• Collaborate with internal customers to address needs and influence data center designs.
• Lead cross-functional teams to deliver predictable outcomes and roadmaps.
• Design and implement processes to identify and manage data and asset risks.
• Ensure policy documentation is up-to-date and data accuracy in systems.
• Identify new automation opportunities and drive roadmap for Tier-1 fault remediation via software.
• Define metrics for escalation, fault trends, capacity, vendor performance.
• Communicate progress, goals, and lessons learned across scope.
• Travel up to 25% internationally/domestically.

Skills

Incident Response

Change Management

Operations

Collaboration

Team Leadership

Risk Management

Data Assurance

Automation

Data Measurement

Communication

Travel

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in CS/EE or related field

Tools

Test gear

WDM equipment

Cisco hardware

Juniper hardware

Nexus switches

Ciena equipment

Infinera equipment

Nokia equipment

Arista equipment

Job description

Meta seeks a Network Operations Engineer for the Edge and Network Services 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.

You will collaborate with internal teams and vendors to drive incident response, change management, automation, and data-driven improvements across global sites while traveling up to 25% as needed.