Network Deployment Engineer - APJC

We are seeking a Network Deployment Engineer to join our team in APJC, focusing on the build out and expansion of our global network. You will work closely with various teams and vendors to plan and execute the expansion of our network.

Key responsibilities:

• Provisioning, monitoring and maintaining hardware, software, and network in new Cloudflare data centers.
• Perform server administration tasks remotely using IPMI/BMC tools.
• Perform network configuration tasks to network devices in greenfield deployment and brownfield migration activities.
• Managing remote contractors to complete datacenter installations and upgrades.
• Build automation to eliminate repetitive work using Python scripts, and Changie.
• Planning and implementing network and server installations.
• Providing technical leadership and guidance to remote contractors and junior team members.
• Creating and maintaining documentation, plans, SOPs, MOPs and runbooks.
• Collaborating with internal teams on day-to-day operations and project planning.
• Coordinating installation of cross-connects globally.
• Assisting with the definition, documentation and implementation of consistent processes and standardization across all regions.

Requirements:

• Minimum of 5 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.
• Knowledge and exposure to Network Protocols, Topologies and Enterprise architecture.
• Experience writing network configuration and design documentation.
• Experience with network and server installation, configuration, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with remote "lights-out" and out-of-band access to data center resources (IPMI/BMC for remote server administration).
• Experience solving problems through automation, writing Python or Bash scripts for internal tools and workflow improvements.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, problem-solving skills, and attention to detail.