Network Engineer

Available Locations: Austin, Texas
We are looking for a Network Engineer to join our team. Cloudflare is building one of the largest, most resilient networks that spans over 335 cities spread across all regions and we plan to continue our expansion at a rapid pace. 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.
This position will be responsible for:

• Technical operation and engineering of the Cloudflare network, including the provisioning and management of the network hardware and software,
• Day to day network operations and monitoring, working closely with internal teams such as Site Reliability Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering and Customer Support teams,
• Creating and maintaining documentation, SOP's, knowledge base,
• Interacting with our network peers to assist with their inquiries, and subsequently provide meaningful data on performance degradation.

Requirements:

• Capable of learning new technologies / systems / features under guidance of mentors,
• Proficient in multiple network vendor operating systems
• Understanding of BGP, Knowledge of the OSI-model and experience isolating network, hardware and software issues,
• Experience writing scripts in Bash, Python, or other scripting language,
• Experience in working as part of a team in a customer-facing role,
• Ability to prioritize when faced with high pressure scenarios.

Bonus Points but not required:

• Understanding of anycast routing,
• Good working knowledge of Junos, IOS-XR,NX-OS, EOS and SONIC,
• Associate level network certification(s) (JNCIA , CCNA , etc) or higher,
• Experience writing network configuration and design documentation,
• Experience solving problems through automation,
• Experience with optical transport technologies such as CWDM/DWDM,
• Linux system administration,

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