As a Network Engineer, you'll manage Cloudflare's network, handle technical operations, and collaborate with multiple internal teams while maintaining documentation and monitoring network performance.
Available Locations: Lisbon, Portugal or London, UK
Responsibilities:
We are looking for a Network Engineer to join our team. Cloudflare is building one of the largest, most resilient networks that spans over 335 cities spread across all regions and we plan to continue our expansion at a rapid pace. You will have the opportunity to (literally) build a faster, safer Internet for our millions of users and the billions of web surfers that visit their sites each month.
This position will be responsible for:
- Technical operation and engineering of the Cloudflare network, including the provisioning and management of the network hardware and software,
- Day to day network operations and monitoring, working closely with internal teams such as System Reliability Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering and Customer Support teams,
- Creating and maintaining documentation, SOP's, knowledge base,
- Interacting with our network peers to assist with their inquiries, and subsequently provide meaningful data on performance degradation.
Requirements:
- Capable of learning new technologies / systems / features under guidance of mentors,
- Proficient in multiple network vendor operating systems , Associate level network certification(s) (JNCIA , CCNA , etc) or higher,
- Understanding of BGP, Knowledge of the OSI-model and experience isolating network, hardware and software issues,
- Experience writing scripts in Bash, Python, or other scripting language,
- Experience in working as part of a team in a customer-facing role,
- Ability to prioritise when faced with high pressure scenarios.
Bonus Points but not required:
- Understanding of anycast routing,
- Good working knowledge of Junos, IOS-XR, NX-OS, EOS and SONIC,
- Experience writing network configuration and design documentation,
- Experience solving problems through automation,
- Experience with optical transport technologies such as CWDM/DWDM,
- Linux system administration,
- Multilingual.
Top Skills
Bash
Bgp
Cloudflare
Eos
Ios-Xr
Junos
Nx-Os
Osi-Model
Python
Sonic
Cloudflare Seattle, Washington, USA Office
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