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Job Description
Network Engineers at Facebook are hybrid software/network engineers who ensure that Facebook's network and related services run smoothly and have the capacity for future growth. Data Analytics, network (re)design, and automation are keys to meeting our demands; you will be responsible for conceiving, developing, and deploying software and network systems and tools that improve reliability and efficiency in our global network.
Do you want to work on one of the most dynamic, fast-paced networks in the world? Do you want to develop innovative solutions to our challenges and ship them into production? Then this is the role for you!
RESPONSIBILITIES
* Write and review code, develop documentation and capacity plans, and debug the hardest problems, live, on some of the largest and most complex networks and systems in the world
Together with your engineering team, you will share an on-call rotation and be an escalation contact for service incidents
(Re)Design, deploy, manage and maintain multi-vendor, multi-protocol data center, backbone and edge networks
Define and develop optimized network monitoring systems
Design and deploy new network and tooling architectures
Analyze data to diagnose and identify root causes to network issues
Partner alongside the best engineers in the industry on the coolest stuff around - the code and systems you work on will be in production and used by billions of users all around the world
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
* Engineering degree, or a related technical discipline or equivalent experience
Experience coding in higher-level languages (e.g., Python, C++, Go, etc.)
Experience in configuration and maintenance of network devices and NMS systems, or applications such as web servers, load balancers, relational databases, storage systems and messaging systems
Experience learning software, frameworks and APIs
Experience developing and understanding network device configuration for at least one vendor (Juniper, Cisco, Arista, Brocade, Ciena, Infinera, Linux, etc.)
Experience understanding and mitigating network hardware and topology failures
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
* BS or MS in Computer Science or Computer Engineering
Expert knowledge of TCP/IP and IPv6
Understanding of routing and switching - hardware design and knowledge of forwarding and data planes
Understanding and development of Load Balancing and Peering in CDN Architectures
Protocol experience in one or more of BGP, MPLS, ISIS or similar routing protocols - understanding of typical configurations and performance
Working knowledge of ROADM, coherent transponders and long-haul operation optical networks
Working knowledge of offensive or defensive security solutions for systems and networking
Understanding and execution of data modeling and system performance analytics
Understanding Operations research, combinatorial optimization, stochastic optimization, machine learning, queuing theory, probability theory
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About Facebook
Facebook is a company providing an online social networking service.