Network Engineer, Foundation and Support; Edge​/Backbone Infrastructure Design

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

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The Edge & Network Services (ENS) team at Meta is seeking passionate 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 cutting‑edge network infrastructure technologies and talented 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 delivering network infrastructure solutions at scale in a data centre or globally distributed Point of Presences (POPs).

Are you ready to shape the future of Meta's global network reach? As a member of the ENS Foundation Design team, you will support capacity‑driven expansion of Meta’s global Edge/Backbone network and compute presence. You will work closely with cross‑functional design, 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.

This role is execution and delivery focused supporting the North America and Latin America region.

• Designs, reviews, and optimises ICT (Information and Communications Technology) infrastructure including structured cabling, network hardware, and integrated communications systems for large‑scale network deployments
• Develops and enforces Meta ICT design standards, best practices, and compliance with relevant industry standards (e.g., TIA/EIA, ISO/IEC, BICSI)
• Manages global space, power, cooling, structured cabling, and other inside plant infrastructure delivery requirements to support Meta edge/backbone network deployments across owned and colocation facilities
• Engages in system‑level facility sizing of utilities, switch gear, UPS/DC power plant, PDUs, mechanical cooling, and low‑voltage power distribution
• Proactively engages with various data centre colocation providers in evaluating their facilities and recommends corrective actions to meet Meta 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 colocation vendors and provides technical support and progress reporting on cage and suite build‑outs and acceptance
• Manages and tracks project timelines, risks, and successfully navigates projects to on‑time completion
• Leads site acceptance activities with various colocation providers as per Edge network facility acceptance standards
• Coordinates multiple projects in parallel and efficiently executes 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/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 Owner Furnished/Contractor Installed 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
• Applies lessons learned from projects to support continuous improvement initiatives
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