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Network Engineer, Foundation & Support (Edge/Backbone Infrastructure Design)

Meta· Data Center Design, Engineering, & Construction
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Hybrid (Denver, CO)$135k - $191kFull-timePosted 4d ago

About the role

Network Infrastructure Design Engineer focused on developing and delivering scalable edge/backbone ICT infrastructure for Meta’s global data centers, POPs, and colocation facilities within the Edge & Network Services Foundation Design team.

Responsibilities

  • Designs, reviews, and optimizes ICT physical infrastructure, including structured cabling systems, floor/rack layouts, network hardware placement, and integrated communications systems for large-scale data center and network deployments
  • Develops and enforces Meta ICT design standards, best practices, and compliance with relevant industry standards (e.g., TIA/EIA, ISO/IEC, BICSI)
  • Develops optimized layouts of edge/backbone midpoint site floor plans, allocates space assigned to network functions, optical, backbone, IP, and compute
  • Delivers on-time engineering design packages related to the site's infrastructure scope for sourcing and capacity planning teams
  • Manages global space, power, cooling, structured cabling, and other inside plant infrastructure delivery requirements to support Meta's edge/backbone network deployments across owned and colocation facilities
  • Engages in system-level facility sizing of utilities, switchgear, UPS/DC power plant, PDUs, mechanical cooling, and low-voltage power distribution
  • Proactively engage with various data center colocation providers in evaluating their facilities and recommend corrective actions to meet Meta's standard design requirements
  • Collaborates with internal and external design and planning engineers to execute projects related to cage and data center network/compute infrastructure build-outs
  • Leads weekly syncs with external co-location vendors and provides technical support and progress reporting on cage and suite build-outs and acceptance testing
  • Manages and tracks project timelines, risks, and successfully navigates projects to on-time completion
  • Leads site acceptance activities with various colocation providers as per the facility acceptance standards
  • Prioritize and coordinate concurrent projects based on impact and deadlines, driving execution through vendors at scale
  • Collaborates closely with Meta business and technical teams to provide input on space/power delivery and associated deployment projects, as well as other major initiatives that may affect capacity delivery
  • Updates Meta’s internal tooling and data record keeping in support of edge/backbone midpoint cage and suite build-outs
  • Coordinates related Owner Furnished/Contractor Installed equipment delivery from Meta’s inventory to colocation facilities
  • Proactively works and aligns with network planning and investment teams on the roadmap and material forecasting needs for on-time delivery of projects
  • Travel requirement: 20% to 30% based on project demand

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
  • 5+ years of work experience with designing and constructing large-scale data centers or similar mission-critical infrastructure, including specifying suite-level space, power, cooling, and structured cabling connectivity requirements for network and compute hardware
  • Demonstrated experience in project management, including planning, execution, and delivery of complex technical projects
  • Working knowledge of interpreting and analyzing electrical/mechanical single-line diagrams
  • Working knowledge of various regional data center electrical and cooling configurations, IEC, NEMA standards, AC/DC power concepts, power redundancy scenarios
  • General knowledge of fiber optic components, structured cabling, pathways, and interconnect products, technologies, and design concepts
  • Demonstrated understanding of engineering principles related to infrastructure architecture, including space layout, air flow, cooling, etc
  • General knowledge of data center, colocation, and isolated hut environments, including engineering principles related to power and infrastructure
  • Demonstrated experience with field-based work in POPs, data centers, carrier-neutral facilities, or telecom exchanges
  • Experience with communication and directing tasks with carriers and co-location vendors
  • Demonstrated ability to work effectively in an ambiguous environment
  • Collaborate with global teams to drive business results. Must possess proven planning, prioritization, and communication skills, with the experience to manage multiple tasks and adapt to changing business needs
  • Proven skills to analyze technical situations, troubleshoot issues, and solve problems with limited supervision
  • Working knowledge of internet networking technologies (routing and switching concepts), optical transport technologies (DWDM and optical transceivers), and network redundancy and failover concepts
  • Working knowledge of Revit/AutoCAD/Bluebeam/BIM360/Procore etc

Skills

Required:ICT physical infrastructure designIndustry standards complianceProject management
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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