Network Deployment Engineer

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