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Network Engineer, Backbone Operations

Meta· Data Center Operations
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Denver, CO$162k - $227kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Senior Network Engineer to support strategy, deployment, and operational excellence of Meta's backbone network. Provides technical leadership across OSP and ISP infrastructure, driving planning, scaling, and reliability of the global backbone with deep expertise in long-haul optical transport, fiber plant design, and ILA critical infrastructure.

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical leadership across OSP (Outside Plant) and ISP (Inside Plant) infrastructure domains, including long-haul fiber routes, optical transport systems, and ILA critical infrastructure
  • Lead the deployment and operationalization of backbone fiber network infrastructure, including long-haul and metro optical transport across global points of presence and data centers
  • Develop and drive strategies and roadmaps for backbone network scaling, reliability, and operational efficiency across cross-functional teams
  • Author and review engineering design packages, methods of procedure, and scope of work documentation for both OSP fiber construction and ISP ILA critical infrastructure deployment projects
  • Identify systemic reliability gaps in backbone operations and lead problem management initiatives that span network engineering, infrastructure, and vendor organizations
  • Align workflow management tooling requirements and drive automation roadmaps to reduce manual operational burden across backbone deployment and support activities
  • Manage vendor and partner engineering relationships for backbone hardware, optical transport, and fiber construction, including contract negotiations and technical evaluation of current and prospective partnerships
  • Develop and maintain comprehensive technical documentation for backbone network architecture, operational procedures, and deployment standards
  • Contribute to organizational strategy by providing input on backbone network capacity planning, technology selection, and team scaling to meet projected traffic demands
  • Drive operational readiness for backbone infrastructure projects, ensuring seamless handoffs from deployment to production operations across data centers, points of presence, and colocation facilities

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
  • 8+ years of experience deploying, operating, and troubleshooting large-scale backbone or service provider optical network infrastructure
  • Experience with both OSP (Outside Plant) infrastructure including long-haul fiber routes and construction, and ISP (Inside Plant) infrastructure including ILA critical infrastructure systems
  • Experience configuring and troubleshooting optical transport technologies such as DWDM
  • Experience leading cross-functional network deployment or migration projects, including authoring engineering design packages, methods of procedure, and bills of materials
  • Experience managing vendor relationships and driving technical evaluations for backbone network hardware and transport platforms
  • Experience developing and implementing operational improvements, including automation or tooling to streamline backbone network workflows

Skills

Required:DWDMNetwork deploymentVendor management

Benefits

  • Bonus
  • Equity
  • Benefits
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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