Senior Remote Data Center Provisioning Engineer

Fastly; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Fastly is seeking a Senior Data Center Provisioning Engineer (Remote, US) to configu­re and deploy servers, network devices, and supporting infra to scale a high-capacity edge network. You’ll work with hardware, tooling, and operations teams to expand capacity and improve provisioning processes.

You will collaborate across teams to implement scalable provisioning solutions, ensure rapid expansion without errors, and support post-deployment validation and handoff to Network Operations for

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in network devices and server provisioning, system administration, and/or site reliability engineering.
• Strong understanding of how the internet and TCP/IP work, focused on client/server dataflow.
• Strong IP routing knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Provision POPs (network devices, servers and equipment), following documented standards and processes, using tools including Github, Ansible, Chef, and Fastly's internal tool sets.
• Troubleshoot and resolve problems that occur during provisioning and service turnup.
• Work collaboratively with internal operations and infrastructure teams, as well as external partners, in support of error-free rapid expansion.
• Contribute to the development and improvement of standards and processes for the provisioning of new infrastructure.
• Partner with other Fastly teams in the development and iteration of tools and automation systems that improve how we provision the network.
• Support post-deployment validation, monitoring integration, and handoff to Network Operations for steady-state management.

Skills

Network provisioning

Server provisioning

Site reliability engineering

TCP/IP knowledge

IP routing

Troubleshooting

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Github

Ansible

Chef

Job description

Fastly is seeking a Senior Data Center Provisioning Engineer (Remote, US) to configu­re and deploy servers, network devices, and supporting infra to scale a high-capacity edge network. You’ll work with hardware, tooling, and operations teams to expand capacity and improve provisioning processes.

You will collaborate across teams to implement scalable provisioning solutions, ensure rapid expansion without errors, and support post-deployment validation and handoff to Network Operations for