Hybrid Network Deployment Engineer

at Cloudflare

• Job title: Network Deployment Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $110,000 - $135,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Ansible, Chef, iOS, Linux, Puppet, SaltStack
• Location requirements: Hybrid, United States

About the role

• Network Deployment Engineer building and expanding global network infrastructure at Cloudflare. Collaborating across teams and managing projects to enhance cloud services.

Responsibilities

• Focused on the build out and expansion of our global network.
• Work closely with Cloudflare’s SRE, Network Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering teams, Project Managers, vendors, partners to maintain and improve our global infrastructure.
• Plan and execute on the expansion of our network.
• Develop and implement consistent processes and visibility measurements for management of our infrastructure.
• Provisioning, monitoring and maintaining hardware, software, and network in new Cloudflare data centers.
• Creating documentation and managing remote contractors to complete datacenter installations and upgrades.
• Aggressively seek opportunities to introduce cutting-edge technology and automation solutions.
• Planning and implementing network and server installations, including in facility power, cooling, security/access, rack layout, and cable management.
• Providing technical leadership and guidance during deployment activities.
• Creating and maintaining documentation, plans, SOP’s, MOP’s etc.
• Collaborating with internal teams for day to day activities.
• Coordinating installation of cross-connects globally in support of physical network expansion.

Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years of prior relevant experience in Data Center Operations, Site Reliability Engineering, Linux systems administration, Network Engineering, and/or DevOps experience.
• Familiarity with day-to-day tasks and projects common in Data Center Operations
• Experience with optical transport technologies such as CWDM/DWDM
• Configuration management tool experience like Saltstack, Chef, Puppet or Ansible
• Network hardware administration.
• Knowledge and exposure to Network Protocols, Topologies and Enterprise architecture.
• Experience writing network configuration and design documentation.
• Experience solving problems through automation
• Ability to write scripts for internal tools
• Experience running and improving operational processes in a rapidly changing environment
• Bachelor’s degree, technical background in engineering, computer science, or MIS a plus.
• Direct experience executing on datacenter / infrastructure projects with many moving parts
• Previous experience installing / maintaining datacenter (and other IT) infrastructure and DCIM tools
• Experience running and improving operational processes in a rapidly changing environment
• Strong understanding of BGP and anycast routing
• Professional level network certification(s) (JNCIP, CCNP, etc) or higher
• Good working knowledge of Juniper Junos, Cisco IOS, Cisco NX-OS and Arista EOS
• Proficient in one or more programming languages and willing to learn new ones when required
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and interpersonal skills.
• Must be proactive with proven ability to learn fast and execute on multiple tasks simultaneously
• Ability to manage MS excel and Google spreadsheets
• Comfortable handling basic program management responsibilities (prioritization, planning, scheduling, status reporting) such as JIRA
• Experience managing remote contractors
• Must be a team player

Benefits

• Medical/Rx Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Commuter Spending Accounts
• Fertility & Family Forming Benefits
• On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program
• Global Travel Medical Insurance
• Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
• Life & Accident Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Employee Stock Participation Plan
• Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave
• Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave