Network Deployment Engineer

Network Deployment Engineer

Available locations: Austin, Atlanta, Denver, New York

About the department

In this role, you will be focused on the build out and expansion of our global network. You'll work closely with Cloudflare’s SRE (Site Reliability Engineering) team, Network Engineering team, and with various vendors and partners (including hardware vendors, datacenter and network providers, and ISPs) to maintain and improve our global infrastructure, and to plan and aggressively execute on the expansion of our network.

You will further be responsible for the development and implementation of consistent processes and visibility measurements for consistent and effective management of our infrastructure. This is a highly visible position that requires deep technical understanding of datacenter infrastructure, networking (physical), and basic experience with data analysis and project management.

To be successful in this position, you should have excellent technical skills, communication skills, and be able to navigate a range of challenges and constraints (e.g. schedule adherence, time zones, and cultures). You will have the opportunity to (literally) build a faster, safer Internet for our millions of users and the billions of web surfers that visit their sites each month.

Required Experience

• Minimum of 2 years of related data center or Linux systems administration experience
• Linux/Unix systems administration
• Basic configuration management tool experience like Saltstack, Chef, Puppet or Ansible
• Network hardware administration
• Familiarity with day-to-day tasks and projects common in Data Center Operations
• Ability to write scripts for internal tool
• Experience running and improving operational processes in a rapidly changing environment

Other Responsibilities May Include

• Collaborating with internal teams (infrastructure, network engineering and SRE).
• Create documentation and manage remote contractors to complete datacenter installations and upgrades, including hardware manufacturers, datacenter and network providers, logistics partners and other service providers in support of our 120 and growing datacenter location
• Build rack elevations, and work with remote contractors to rack and cable infrastructure globally.
• Coordinate installation of cross-connects globally in support of physical network expansion
• Assist with the definition, documentation and implementation of consistent processes across all region
• Aggressively seek opportunities to introduce cutting-edge technology and automation solutions that are effective, efficient and scalable in order to improve our ability to deploy and maintain our global infrastructure

 

Examples of desirable skills, knowledge and experience

• 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 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

Bonus Points

• Multi-lingual; experience working with infrastructure in multiple countries
• Comfortable with remote “lights-out” and out-of-band access to data center resources
• Linux certifications
• Knowledge of the OSI-model and experience isolating network, hardware and software issues
• Configuration management systems such as Saltstack, Chef, Puppet or Ansible
• Scripting or software development experience in Bash, Python or Go-lang
• Familiarity with load balancing and reverse proxies such as Nginx, Varnish, HAProxy, Apache

 

Compensation

Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location.

• For Colorado, Illinois based hires: Estimated annual salary of $114,000 - $157,000.
• For New York City, Washington, Washington D.C. based hires: Estimated annual salary of $126,000 - $173,000.

Equity

This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare’s equity plan.

Benefits

Cloudflare offers a complete package of benefits and programs to support you and your family.  Our benefits programs can help you pay health care expenses, support caregiving, build capital for the future and make life a little easier and fun!  The below is a description of our benefits for employees in the United States, and benefits may vary for employees based outside the U.S.

Health & Welfare 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

Financial Benefits

• Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
• Life & Accident Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Employee Stock Participation Plan

Time Off

• Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave
• Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave