Data Center Engineer
Core
Maintain Cloudflare's global network infrastructure, including data center operations, network configuration, and vendor management across 330+ cities.
Role type
Senior Data Center Engineer (Infrastructure Operations)
Builds
Global network infrastructure availability and operational stability for millions of users
Domain
Internet Infrastructure / Data Center Operations / Networking
Required skills
Linux systems administration, Data Center colocation management, Network architecture (physical), Remote contractor management, Operational process improvement, Automation tooling, Program management
Preferred skills
Configuration management (Saltstack, Chef, Puppet, Ansible), Scripting (Bash, Python, Go), Load balancing (Nginx, Varnish, HAProxy, Apache), DCIM tools, SaaS vendor experience (via careerplan.io/jobs/8074364-data-center-engineer-at-cloudflare)
Technologies
Juniper, Cisco, DWDM, JIRA, Linux, Bash, Python, Go, Nginx, Varnish, HAProxy, Apache, Saltstack, Chef, Puppet, Ansible, DCIM
Responsibilities
Collaborate with SRE and Network Engineering teams to maintain global infrastructure; Create documentation and manage remote contractors for datacenter tasks; Maintain Data Center environment operational availability; Support and configure network infrastructure; Participate in 24x7 on-call rotation; Seek opportunities to introduce automation solutions
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
