Manager, Backbone Production Network Engineering

Meta’s global backbone and edge IP network interconnects Meta's data centers (DCs) and points-of-presence (POPs) to the internet. This network is experiencing exponential growth, driven by Meta’s ambitious AI/GenAI initiatives. This rapid and continuous expansion requires the introduction of new platforms and products to meet capacity demands. Automation is key to deploying these innovations at planet scale.

This role is with the team that is responsible for provisioning and deploying one of the world’s largest, most complex, and robust global networks. The team is also at the forefront of introducing new platforms and products to the network. To achieve this they build innovative, scalable, efficient automation and tooling solutions. The scale and rapid growth of the network provides exciting opportunities to tackle engineering challenges in the backbone and edge domain.

The team is looking for an experienced leader to support the Backbone and Edge IP new product introductions team. As part of the NPI process, this team is responsible for automation development, validation and shaping of the NPI landscape and continuously evolving NPI tooling and services. In this role, you will work closely with a diverse team of other engineers with technical expertise in software, systems, IP, and Optical networking, to drive forward innovation and expansion of our network.Manager, Backbone Production Network Engineering Responsibilities

• Support and lead engineers who are responsible for automation design and development for new network platform and product (NPI) tooling and services for Meta Backbone and Edge Network
• Support Engineers in creating automated techniques for qualifying new network hardware, software, and related applications
• Manage flow of information and requirements between network product, tooling, and infrastructure teams
• Contribute to the development and implementation of technical architectures, tooling needs, and automation strategies. Play a key role in creating all-encompassing plans for prioritizing technical and resource challenges
• Maintain and promote a welcoming workplace that encompasses employees from various backgrounds and time zones
• Strike a balance between ensuring smooth day-to-day operations and dedicating time to long-term, high-impact initiatives
• Hold your own in technical discussions, be a subject matter expert, and have strategic influence
• Support engineers, develop their careers, assigning them to projects tailored to their skill levels, long-term skill development, personalities, and business priorities.
• Help define and drive regular development of a technical roadmap to meet the needs of the company and Cross-Functional partners.
• Maintain team staffing needs by hiring engineers, interviewing, participating in events, and onboarding new employees.
• Partner with leadership to influence and drive Organizational design.

Minimum Qualifications

• Hold a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or have equivalent practical experience.
• 2+ years of direct management experience within the technology sector.
• 5+ years of Networking or Software Engineering experience.
• 4+ years of experience working with network devices from at least one network vendor (e.g. Arista, Juniper, Cisco, Brocade, Ciena, Infinera, Nokia, etc.).
• 4+ years of experience working with one or more networking protocols including TCP, IPv4/6, BGP, MPLS, ISIS, or similar, and related network services (e.g. DHCP and DNS).
• 4+ years Software Engineering experience with Python, C++, or Go.
• Proficient in creating software and developing automation tools for network infrastructure.
• Experience initiating and driving projects to completion with minimal guidance and communicating insights and ideas across organization
• Adept at assembling and leading high-performing teams and organizations, including recruitment and performance management.
• Skilled in operating within a cross-functional environment that demands significant collaboration.

Preferred Qualifications

• Possess experience in developing distributed systems and effectively managing them on a large scale.
• Well versed in networking concepts, including routing and switching.
• Experience in developing automation tools for network operations such as provisioning (e.g. Zero Touch Provisioning), deployments, monitoring, remediation, software push systems in a DevOps environment.
• Experience supporting CI/CD frameworks.
• Experience with automation frameworks and tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Django, SQL databases

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