The Network Engineer will manage and optimize the network infrastructure at Cloudflare, focusing on technical operations, engineering, and architecture across a large-scale network.
Available Locations: Austin, Texas
About the department
As an engineer on one of our Production Engineering teams, you'll be building the network infrastructure that makes Cloudflare work. Our mission is to provide a reliable and flexible platform to help product teams release new services efficiently and safely.
About the role:
We are looking for a Network Engineer to join our team. Cloudflare is building one of the largest, most resilient networks that spans over 300 cities spread across all regions and we plan to continue our expansion at a rapid pace. This position will be responsible for the technical operations, engineering and architecture of the Cloudflare network, including the planning, installation and management of the hardware and software as well as the day to day operations of the network. This is an opportunity to be part of the team that is building a high -performance network that is accessible to any web property online.
Requirements:
Bonus Points but not required:
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
Financial Benefits
Time Off
About the department
As an engineer on one of our Production Engineering teams, you'll be building the network infrastructure that makes Cloudflare work. Our mission is to provide a reliable and flexible platform to help product teams release new services efficiently and safely.
About the role:
We are looking for a Network Engineer to join our team. Cloudflare is building one of the largest, most resilient networks that spans over 300 cities spread across all regions and we plan to continue our expansion at a rapid pace. This position will be responsible for the technical operations, engineering and architecture of the Cloudflare network, including the planning, installation and management of the hardware and software as well as the day to day operations of the network. This is an opportunity to be part of the team that is building a high -performance network that is accessible to any web property online.
Requirements:
- Experience working in large scale network engineering environments
- Experience working with automation frameworks such as SaltStack and/or Ansible
- Experience solving problems through automation
- Experience with BGP and anycast routing
- Understanding of MPLS and Segment Routing
- Optimize end user experience by architecting the network to lower latency, packet loss, and jitter while increasing scale
- Proficient in multiple vendor operating systems
- Experience writing network configuration and design documentation
- Ability to prioritize when faced with high pressure scenarios
Bonus Points but not required:
- Experience with optical transport technologies such as CWDM/DWDM
- Professional level network certification(s) (JNCIP , CCNP , etc) or higher
- 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
Top Skills
Ansible
Anycast Routing
Bgp
Linux
Mpls
Saltstack
Segment Routing
Cloudflare Austin, Texas, USA Office
405 Comal St, Austin, TX, United States, 78702
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