Network Engineer, Backbone Operations

What you'll do

• Lead backbone fiber and optical transport deployments and operational readiness across global data centers, points of presence, and colocation facilities.
• Set strategies for scaling, reliability, and operational efficiency; lead reliability improvements and automation roadmaps.
• Author and review engineering designs and procedures, and manage vendor relationships and technical evaluations.

What they ask for

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of experience deploying, operating, and troubleshooting large-scale backbone or service provider optical network infrastructure.
• Experience with both OSP infrastructure, including long-haul fiber routes and construction, and ISP infrastructure, including ILA critical infrastructure systems.
• Experience configuring and troubleshooting optical transport technologies such as DWDM.

Nice to have

• Network certifications such as CCIE, JNCIE, or equivalent in service provider or optical transport domains.
• Experience with Python or other scripting and automation tools, large-scale backbone traffic engineering, and AI-enabled operational improvements.

Pay

$162,000/year to $227,000/year (base salary); bonus and equity (amounts not stated)

Tools

DWDM, Python, CCIE, JNCIE

AI focus

Use AI tools to redesign operational workflows, accelerate troubleshooting, and improve documentation with measurable outcomes; apply responsible and ethical AI practices and continue developing AI skills, including prompt/context engineering and agent orchestration.