Network Deployment Engineer

Responsibilities

• Build out and expand Cloudflare’s global network in collaboration with SRE, Network Engineering, vendors, and infrastructure partners.
• Develop and implement consistent infrastructure management processes and visibility measurements.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, network engineering, and SRE teams.
• Create documentation and manage remote contractors for datacenter installations and upgrades.
• Build rack elevations and coordinate global infrastructure racking and cabling.
• Coordinate installation of cross-connects to support physical network expansion.
• Define, document, and implement consistent processes across regions.
• Identify and implement scalable technology and automation solutions to improve infrastructure deployment and maintenance.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of related datacenter or Linux systems administration experience.
• Linux/Unix systems administration experience.
• Basic experience with configuration management tools such as SaltStack, Chef, Puppet, or Ansible.
• Network hardware administration experience.
• Familiarity with day-to-day datacenter operations tasks and projects.
• Ability to write scripts for internal tools.
• Experience running and improving operational processes in a rapidly changing environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication, problem-solving, attention to detail, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to learn quickly, execute proactively, and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Ability to use Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets.
• Familiarity with program management responsibilities such as prioritization, planning, scheduling, and status reporting, including Jira.
• Experience managing remote contractors.
• Team-oriented approach.

Nice-to-Haves

• Bachelor’s degree; a technical background in engineering, computer science, or MIS is a plus.
• Experience executing datacenter or infrastructure projects with multiple moving parts.
• Experience installing and maintaining datacenter or IT infrastructure and DCIM tools.
• Multilingual ability and experience working with infrastructure in multiple countries.
• Experience with remote lights-out and out-of-band access to datacenter resources.
• Linux certifications.
• Knowledge of the OSI model and experience isolating network, hardware, and software issues.
• Scripting or software development experience with Bash, Python, or Go.
• Familiarity with load balancing and reverse proxies such as Nginx, Varnish, HAProxy, or Apache.

Compensation and Benefits

• Colorado and Illinois hires: estimated annual salary of $114,000 - $157,000.
• New York City, Washington, and Washington, D.C. hires: estimated annual salary of $126,000 - $173,000.
• Eligible to participate in Cloudflare’s equity plan.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Flexible spending and commuter spending accounts.
• Fertility and family-forming benefits.
• Mental health support and employee assistance program.
• Global travel medical insurance.
• Short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Life and accident insurance.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan.
• Employee stock participation plan.
• Flexible paid time off.
• Parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave.