About the Job
At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Intern...
At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized" problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution ...
In this role, you will be focused on the build out and expansion of our global network. You'll work closely with Cloudflare’s SRE (Site Reliability Engineering) team, Network Engineering team, and with various vendors and partners (including hardware vendors, datacenter and network providers, and ISPs) to maintain a...
Key Responsibilities
Provisioning, monitoring and maintaining hardware, software, and network in new Cloudflare data centers.
Perform server administration tasks remotely using IPMI/BMC tools, including server provisioning, monitoring, troubleshooting and firmware updates.
Perform network configuration tasks to network devices in greenfield deployment and brownfield migration activities.
Managing remote contractors to complete datacenter installations and upgrades (rack and stack), including coordinating with hardware manufacturers, datacenter and network providers, logistics partners and other service providers in support of our 700+ growing datacenter locations.
Build automation to eliminate repetitive work using Python scripts, and Changie.
Our team actively develops agentic AI tools to reduce admin overhead and handling other toil.
Planning and implementing network and server installations, including in the areas of facility power (AC/DC), cooling, security/access, rack layout and cable management.
Providing technical leadership and guidance to remote contractors and junior team members during deployment activities—walking them through configurations, troubleshooting steps, and quality checks.
Creating and maintaining documentation, plans, SOPs, MOPs and runbooks.
Collaborating with internal teams (Infrastructure Engineering and Planning, Network Engineering and SRE) on day-to-day operations and project planning.
Coordinating installation of cross-connects globally in support of physical network expansion.
Assisting with the definition, documentation and implementation of consistent processes and standardization across all regions.
Limited travel.
Required Skills & Abilities
Minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience in Data Center Operations, Site Reliability Engineering, Linux Systems Administration, Network Engineering, and/or DevOps experience.
Familiarity with day-to-day tasks and projects common in Data Center Operations.
Experience with optical transport technologies such as CWDM/DWDM.
Configuration management tool experience like Saltstack, Chef, Puppet or Ansible.
Knowledge and exposure to Network Protocols, Topologies and Enterprise architecture.
Experience writing network configuration and design documentation.
Experience with network and server installation, configuration, and troubleshooting.
Experience with remote "lights-out" and out-of-band access to data center resources (IPMI/BMC for remote server administration).
Experience solving problems through automation, writing Python or Bash scripts for internal tools and workflow improvements.
Experience running and improving operational processes in a rapidly changing environment.
Strong verbal and written communication skills, problem-solving skills, and attention to detail.
Must be proactive in performing due diligence, e.g. checking for blockers before executing work, spotting patterns in failures or process improvements.
Experience building or working with agentic AI tools for workflow automation
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, MIS, or a related field is a plus.
Direct experience executing on datacenter / infrastructure projects with many moving parts.
Experience installing / maintaining datacenter (and other IT) infrastructure and DCIM tools.
Experience running and improving operational processes in a rapidly changing environment.
Understanding of BGP and anycast routing.
Good working knowledge of major networking and optical device OS such as Juniper Junos, Cisco IOS, Cisco NX-OS, Arista EOS, SONiC, Ciena, Nokia (Infinera).
Proficient in one or more programming languages and willing to learn new ones when required.
Ability to write scripts for internal tools and automation workflows.
Ability to learn fast and execute on multiple tasks simultaneously while maintaining quality.
Ability to manage MS Excel and Google Spreadsheets.
Comfortable handling basic program management responsibilities (prioritization, planning, scheduling, status reporting) using tools like JIRA.
Experience managing remote contractors Strong team player who collaborates across functions (planning, network engineering, SRE, vendors).
Professional level network certification(s) (JNCIP, CCNP, etc) or higher.
Linux certifications. Experience with continuous / rapid deployment.
Experience working in a 24/7/365 mission-critical service environment (on-call rotation required)
Knowledge of the OSI-model and experience isolating network, hardware and software issues.
