Staff Network Engineer — Data Center & Automation Lead

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 156,000 - 255,000; Full time

Job summary

LinkedIn is seeking a Staff Network Engineer in Mountain View, CA to lead the design, deployment, and operation of large-scale data center and backbone networks. This hybrid role balances on-site and remote work and requires collaboration across teams to meet business needs while advancing reliability and observability.

You will review architectures, automate deployments, and guide improvements across security and compliance.

Qualifications

• BA/BS in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years in network and data center engineering in hyperscalers environments.
• 5+ years programming experience in Python, Go or other scripting languages.
• Experience with TCP/IP, BGP, MPLS, RDMA, QoS and network overlay tech.
• Knowledge in Kubernetes, host networking, host TCP tuning, HPC networking.
• Experience with QoS including DCTCP/ECN and eBPF.
• Experience with network management and provisioning systems: Ansible, REST/gRPC, NETCONF, Jenkins, Puppet, YANG, OpenConfig, etc.

Responsibilities

• Review architectures, network designs, and automation tools to improve performance, capacity, reliability, and observability.
• Design, deploy, and operate large-scale data center networks across regions with cross-functional collaboration.
• Perform network maintenance and upgrades and drive auto-remediation of faults.
• Identify gaps and implement automation to streamline deployments and fault resolution.
• Participate in on-call rotation and drive post-mortems and remediation plans.
• Evaluate and push new platforms with OEMs/ODMs to support the tech stack.

Skills

Python

Go

TCP/IP

BGP

MPLS

RDMA

QoS

Kubernetes

Host networking

TCP tuning

HPC networking

DCTCP/ECN

eBPF

Ansible

REST/gRPC

NETCONF

Jenkins

Puppet

YANG

OpenConfig

Education

BA/BS Degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience

Master’s Degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Ansible

REST/gRPC

NETCONF

Jenkins

Puppet

YANG

OpenConfig

Job description

LinkedIn is seeking a Staff Network Engineer in Mountain View, CA to lead the design, deployment, and operation of large-scale data center and backbone networks. This hybrid role balances on-site and remote work and requires collaboration across teams to meet business needs while advancing reliability and observability.

You will review architectures, automate deployments, and guide improvements across security and compliance.