Network Engineer, Foundation & Support (Edge/Backbone Infrastructure Design)

Meta•Reston, VA

9d•$135,000 - $191,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Edge & Network Services (ENS) team at Meta is seeking individuals to help us tackle the unique challenges and opportunities we face while contributing to our mission of connecting the world. This global team offers a unique career opportunity to work with large-scale network infrastructure technologies and engineers solving complex problems in the industry. For this role, we are looking for a Network Infrastructure Design Engineer with demonstrated experience in developing and deploying network connectivity solutions at scale in a data center or similar mission-critical data processing environment. In this role, you will contribute to the expansion of Meta's global network reach? As a member of the ENS Foundation Design team, you will support capacity expansion of Meta’s global Edge/Backbone network and compute presence. You will work closely with cross-functional design, engineering, planning, and deployment teams to develop space, power, cooling, and connectivity infrastructure design requirements and drive execution of these needs within Meta’s global colocation spaces including POPs, Cable Landing Stations, and Backbone midpoint sites.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
7+ years designing and constructing data centers or comparable mission-critical facilities (Edge POPs, backbone sites, carrier hotels, central offices, cable landing stations) — specifying space, power, cooling, and structured-cabling connectivity for network/compute hardware
Ability to read and analyze electrical/mechanical single-line diagrams
Demonstrated project management experience delivering complex infrastructure design/builds through external colocation vendors — planning, execution, risk management, and on-time delivery
Strong planning, prioritization, and communication skills; ability to thrive in ambiguous, fast-paced environments and to collaborate across global cross-functional teams

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
Experience with optical network design, installation, and maintenance for service providers or global enterprise networks
Professional Engineering (PE) licensure — Electrical or Mechanical
Experience in leading and managing matrixed technical teams
Data center design or structured-cabling certification (e.g., BICSI RCDD)
Proficiency with Revit / AutoCAD / Bluebeam / BIM 360 / ACC / Procore (or equivalent)
Familiarity with Linux-based systems and scripting/automation
Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies

Responsibilities

Manages global space, power, cooling, structured cabling, and other inside plant infrastructure delivery requirements to support Meta's edge/backbone network deployments across owned and colocation facilities
Engages in system-level facility sizing of utilities, switchgear, UPS/DC power plant, PDUs, mechanical cooling, and LV power distribution
Proactively engage with various data center colocation providers in evaluating their facilities and recommend corrective actions to meet Meta's standard design requirements
Collaborates with internal and external design and planning engineers to execute projects related to cage and suite network/compute infrastructure build-outs
Leads weekly syncs with external co-location vendors and provides technical support and progress reporting on cage and suite build-outs and acceptance testing
Manages and tracks project timelines, risks, and successfully navigates projects to on-time completion
Leads site acceptance activities with various colocation providers as per the edge network facility acceptance standards
Coordinates multiple projects in parallel and efficiently execute work through vendors at scale
Develops optimized layouts of edge/backbone midpoint site floor plans, allocates space assigned to network functions, optical, backbone, IP, compute, etc
Delivers on-time engineering design packages related to site infrastructure scope for sourcing and capacity planning teams
Collaborates closely with Meta business and technical teams to provide input on space and power delivery and associated deployment projects, as well as other major initiatives that may affect capacity delivery
Updates Meta’s internal tooling and data record keeping in support of edge/backbone midpoint cage and suite build-outs
Coordinates related OFCI equipment delivery from Meta’s inventory to colocation facilities
Proactively works and aligns with network planning and investment teams on the roadmap and material forecasting needs for on-time delivery of projects
Demonstrates proactive communication and a customer-focused mindset in all interactions
Applies lessons learned from projects to support continuous improvement initiatives