Salesforce · 3 weeks ago
Lead Network Engineer - Backbone Engineering
Virginia - Mclean
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$184K/yr - $253K/yr
7+ years expSalesforce is the #1 AI CRM focused on driving customer success through innovation. As a Lead Network Engineer, you will collaborate with various teams to support and enhance the technology infrastructure within the Salesforce Global Network, ensuring operational excellence and effective network design.
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Responsibilities
Act as a liaison with the vendor sourcing team
Helping to develop and maintain metrics on our capacity vendors
Project managing new capacity installs with various teams including sourcing and field engineering
Updating the network and associated datastores for capacity additions and decommissions
Work with various teams to provide feedback, document, and implement various new network designs
Developing in Python, Ansible for network configuration automation
Work with our connectivity partners and customer engagement teams for any customer troubleshooting issues
Help with BGP peering relationship management and peering network design
Backbone router migrations/grooms/decoms
Network design life cycles including documentation and collaborative approvals
Maintaining Network Data SoTs
Qualification
Required
Minimum 7 years in production network environments, or comparable experience
Proven project management skills
Experience working with telecommunications vendors
Experience with Cisco and Juniper carrier-class routers (ex: ASR9K, CRS, MX960, PTX, MX2K)
Experience with Cisco Nexus-based switches
Knowledge of routing protocols such as BGP and IS-IS
Fundamental understanding of WDM technologies
Strong Python coding skills
Good understanding of Unix/Linux-based operating systems
Experience developing and maintaining network automation tools (e.g. Ansible)
Experience with Git, or other version control systems
The ability to self-manage multiple projects at one time
A good understanding of the current state of AI, machine learning, LLMs, MCP, etc
A related technical degree required
Preferred
Experience managing co-located infrastructure
Experience with DWDM platforms, preferably Ciena and Cisco DCI
Experience with MACSec encryption
Extensive network troubleshooting and network monitoring skills
Hands-on experience with production hardware life-cycle management
Experience with Puppet, Terraform, Containers, and/or K8S
Familiarity with CI/CD principles
Previous experience with lift and shift backbone router migrations
Experience administering global, web-scale IP Address allocations
Solid understanding of the transit, public peering and SFI spaces
Experience writing prompts against public AI chatbots (ex. ChatGPT, Gemini)
Experience with AI-assisted coding (ex. Cursor, VSCode with AI plugins)
Prior experience with the Salesforce core application, either in a developer or support role
Benefits
Time off programs
Medical
Dental
Vision
Mental health support
Paid parental leave
Life and disability insurance
401(k)
Employee stock purchasing program
Company
Salesforce
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10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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$65.38MKey Investors
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2022-10-18Post Ipo Equity
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