<p>Meta is looking for a forward thinking Network Operations Engineer to support delivery of field services as part of our Edge and Network Services (ENS) team. Ideal candidate to possess subject matter expertise in hyperscale Data Center structured cabling, fiber connectivity solutions, and IP networking. Candidates will also have experience scoping developing and implementing strategies and plan in partnership with internal business teams, external vendors, and network design/engineering, and other cross-functional teams to develop strategies for integrating new technologies and to better support existing technologies across the operational fleet. An objective for this role is to understand technical drivers for the business, organize strategies to ensure the operational supportability to meet those business needs, and to represent ENS across stakeholder groups to ensure those critical projects are achieved. The team improves operational efficiency and reliability of one of the most advanced and rapidly evolving networks in the world. The right candidate will possess experience in a fast moving organization and enjoy digging into operational pain points in order to implement the process enhancements and automation solutions to solve them. The ideal candidate loves identifying root causes in complex systems and quickly learning new domain expertise and technologies.Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience. Degree must be completed prior to joining Meta. 4+ years of work experience operating, deploying, and designing large-scale network, optical, and/or physical layer infrastructure. Hands-on experience with a variety of optical/network communication equipment including optical amplifiers, coherent transponders, network/fiber/copper test gear and other WDM equipment as well as associated tools and test equipment 4+ years of network operations experience while supporting large-scale service provider, datacenter, and/or enterprise network infrastructure Communication experience: demonstrated skills to effectively engage with hardware vendors, service providers, and colocation facility vendors globally and effectively translate performance issues into technical engineering requirements. Experience in providing technical guidance to external vendors. Intermediate subject matter expertise in Network Services, including topology, traffic analysis, hardware platform, and architectures. 4+ years of experience with telecommunication networks in the terrestrial optical transport networks including DWDM, network infrastructures, optical testing, optical measurement principles, structured cabling and experience with photonic layer Subject matter expertise with physical infrastructure design: rack elevations, cable types, connector types, optic types, patch panels, and facility infrastructure. Familiarity with Enterprise and Service Provider network hardware platforms and architectures, including Cisco and Juniper routers/switches and Nexus data center switching hardware platforms Experience with physical data center design: rack elevations, cabling, fiber optics, power/cooling, and facility infrastructure. Experience with network hardware platforms and architectures including Ciena, Infinera, Nokia, Arista, Cisco WDM Equipment Experience moving technical or engineering programs and products from inception to delivery and experience articulating the impact using metrics. Direct leadership experience with global Network Operations Center (NOC) environments and managing Service Level Agreements and continuous improvement against metrics at scale. Experience with purchasing, negotiating and end-to-end supplier management, such as managing global RFPs and contract negotiations. Advanced executive leadership communications experience</p>