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Network Implementation Engineer
San Jose, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- Three or more years of work experience may qualify as experience equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree; no other years requirement stated.
- Education
- Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Information Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field, or experience equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree based on three or more years of work experience.
About the job
Designs, builds, operates, and optimizes ByteDance’s global network infrastructure, coordinating with internal teams and external vendors to test and verify network devices and services.
What you'll do
- Design, build, operate, and optimize global backbone, data center, public cloud, and Edge/CDN networks.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive network innovation and evolution.
- Coordinate with vendors and ISPs on device and carrier selection, testing, and verification.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Information Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent experience based on three or more years of work experience.
- Understanding of network protocols including TCP/IP, DHCP, BGP, OSPF/IS-IS, and MPLS-related technologies.
- Understanding of network monitoring protocols and tools such as SNMP, Sflow/netflow, and Telemetry.
- Familiarity with CLOS data center network architecture and hands-on experience with major network devices; participation in ByteDance network global on-call rotation.
Nice to have
- In-depth knowledge of hyperscale data center networking, MPLS Traffic Engineering, public cloud architecture, switch/router chipsets, or IPv4/IPv6 coexistence.
- Programming or scripting in Python or other languages.
Tools
TCP/IP, DHCP, BGP, OSPF/IS-IS, MPLS, SNMP, Sflow/netflow, Telemetry
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