Data Center Network Operations Engineer

Job Description

At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies.

You will be focused on maintaining the Cloudflare global network. You'll work closely with Cloudflare’s SRE (Site Reliability Engineering) team, Network Engineering team, Network Deployment Engineering team and with various vendors and partners to maintain and improve our global infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with internal teams (Infrastructure, Network Engineering and SRE)
• Create documentation and manage remote contractors to complete datacenter tasks
• Maintain Data Center environment operational availability
• Leverage AI tools to automate repetitive operational tasks, accelerate documentation, and speed up troubleshooting and root-cause analysis
• Create and maintain documentation, plans, SOP’s, MOP’s
• Support and configure network infrastructure where required
• Provide feedback to internal teams to support internal tools and external vendor partnerships

Requirements

• Experience with Juniper, Cisco and DWDM network equipment
• Minimum of 4 years experience of Linux systems administration
• Experience managing and instructing remote contractors
• Familiarity with work required to stand up infrastructure in remote colocation facilities
• Experience running and improving operational processes, including automation tooling, in a rapidly changing environment
• Familiarity with day-to-day tasks and projects common to Data Center Operations
• Comfortable handling basic program management responsibilities

Nice to Have

• Bachelor’s degree; technical background in engineering, computer science, or MIS
• Direct experience executing on complex data center/infrastructure projects
• Previous experience installing / maintaining data center (and other IT) infrastructure and DCIM tools
• Experience running and improving operational processes in a rapidly changing environment
• 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

Benefits

• Equity plan
• Competitive salary

Locations

• Hybrid

Salary

• San Francisco: $126,000 - $174,000
• Seattle, Washington D.C., New York: $120,000 - $165,000
• Austin, Denver, Atlanta: $98,000 - $123,000