Network Planner

Meta•Washington, DC

About The Position

Meta's global network comprised of cutting-edge platforms, is looking for a Network Planning Engineer to join the backbone and edge engineering team. This team is responsible for designing, implementing and supporting one of the world’s largest and complex networks. As a Network Planning Engineer, you will have a unique opportunity to influence optical and IP architectures, strategic network acquisitions, network design, deployment, and operations to shape the future network to accommodate hyper-exponential growth as well as internal product requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
Knowledge of network topology and experience in building resiliency design
Experience with network modeling tools such as NPS, One Planner, Opnet, Cariden, WAE, Aria, WANDL or other in-house tool
Experience creating formulation using commercial mathematical optimization software like: Xpress, Gurobi, CPLEX, and other similar optimization tools
2+ years of experience coding in higher-level languages (e.g., Python, C++, Go, etc.) coupled with experience creating models for optimization

Nice To Haves

Experience with Networking terminology and Planning
Experience modeling and analyzing a business case for network expansion or fiber acquisition
Graduate work experience (masters or PhD) in the area of operations research, stochastic optimization, machine learning, queuing theory, probability theory

Responsibilities

Partner with Product Demand & Fiber Supply teams to develop capacity planning models and optimization simulations for network infrastructure
Create modeling frameworks & scenarios for various networking problems such as cross-layer optimization under constraints such as latency/availability, demand uncertainty, risk assessment, and data center placement optimization
Data analysis from a large number of data sources to create a network strategy for capacities, location and facilities
Work with Procurement teams to devise strategies on hardware and network acquisitions around the globe