Meta
Network Engineer, Engineering R&D Environments
$193K–$271K
Ashburn, VA +2 · Full-time · Posted Sep 16, 2026
- Location
- Ashburn, VA
Austin, TX
Menlo Park, CA - Experience
- 10+ years designing, deploying, and operating network infrastructure in production or lab environments.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Designs, deploys, and operates network infrastructure for Meta’s global engineering labs, including high-performance networks supporting AI and compute clusters.
What you'll do
- Own network design, deployment, operations, troubleshooting, and lifecycle work for lab clusters and backend fabrics.
- Validate high-throughput, low-latency networking, including RDMA, congestion management, hardware bring-ups, and optics.
- Develop network automation and operational documentation, and collaborate with engineering and lab teams through project handoff.
What they ask for
- 10+ years designing, deploying, and operating network infrastructure in production or lab environments.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience with multi-vendor networking, network automation or ZTP, and IPv4/IPv6 and L2/L3 protocols.
- Hands-on experience with disaggregated networking platforms and backend cluster networking, including RDMA and congestion management.
Nice to have
- Networking certifications such as CCIE, JNCIE, or equivalent.
- Experience with 400G/800G optics qualification, lab test equipment, and AI/ML or high-performance compute clusters.
Pay
$193,000/year to $271,000/year USD base salary; bonus and equity amounts are not stated.
Tools
Arista, Cisco, Juniper, FBOSS, SONiC, Cumulus Linux, Python, BCM shell
AI focus
Supports AI and compute lab networking and AI workloads; the posting also asks for responsible, ethical AI practices and use of AI tools to improve workflows.
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