Network Deployment Engineer

the opportunity to (literally) build a faster, safer Internet for our millions of users and the billions of web surfers that visit their sites each month. Required Experience Minimum of 2 years of related data center or Linux systems administration experience Linux/Unix systems administration Basic configuration management tool experience like Saltstack, Chef, Puppet or Ansible Network hardware administration Familiarity with day-to-day tasks and projects common in Data Center Operations Ability to write scripts for internal tool Experience running and improving operational processes in a rapidly changing environment Other Responsibilities May Include Collaborating with internal teams (infrastructure, network engineering and SRE). Create documentation and manage remote contractors to complete datacenter installations and upgrades, including hardware manufacturers, datacenter and network providers, logistics partners and other service providers in support of our 120 and growing datacenter location Build rack elevations, and work with remote contractors to rack and cable infrastructure globally. Coordinate installation of cross-connects globally in support of physical network expansion Assist with the definition, documentation and implementation of consistent processes across all region Aggressively seek opportunities to introduce cutting-edge technology and automation solutions that are effective, efficient and scalable in order to improve our ability to deploy and maintain our global infrastructure Examples of desirable skills, knowledge and experience Bachelor’s degree; technical background in engineering, computer science, or MIS a plus Direct experience executing on datacenter / infrastructure projects with many moving parts Previous experience installing / maintaining datacenter (and other IT) infrastructure and DCIM tools Experience running and improving operational processes in a rapidly changing environment Strong verbal and written communication skills, problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and interpersonal skills Must be proactive with proven ability to learn fast and execute on multiple tasks simultaneously Ability to manage MS excel and Google spreadsheets Comfortable handling basic program management responsibilities (prioritization, planning, scheduling, status reporting) such as JIRA Experience managing remote contractors Must be a team player Bonus Points Multi-lingual; experience working with infrastructure in multiple countries Comfortable with remote “lights-out” and out-of-band access to data center resources Linux certifications Knowledge of the OSI-model and experience isolating network, hardware and software issues Configuration management systems such as Saltstack, Chef, Puppet or Ansible Scripting or software development experience in Bash, Python or Go-lang Familiarity with load balancing and reverse proxies such as Nginx, Varnish, HAProxy, Apache Compensation Compensation may be adjusted depending on work location. For Colorado, Illinois based hires: Estimated annual salary of $114,000 - $157,000. For New York City, Washington, Washington D.C. based hires: Estimated annual salary of $126,000 - $173,000. Equity This role is eligible to participate in Cloudflare’s equity plan. Benefits Cloudflare offers a complete package of benefits and programs to support you and your family. Our benefits programs can help you pay health care expenses, support caregiving, build capital for the future and make life a little easier and fun! The below is a description of our benefits for employees in the United States, and benefits may vary for employees based outside the U.S. Health & Welfare Benefits Medical/Rx Insurance Dental Insurance Vision Insurance Flexible Spending Accounts Commuter Spending Accounts Fertility & Family Forming Benefits On-demand mental health support and Employee Assistance Program Global Travel Medical Insurance Financial Benefits Short and Long Term Disability Insurance Life & Accident Insurance 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan Employee Stock Participation Plan Time Off Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave Leave programs, including parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave What Makes Cloudflare Special? We’re not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We’re a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet. Project Galileo : Since 2014, we've equipped more than 2,400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work, technology already used by Cloudflare’s enterprise customers--at no cost. Athenian Project : In 2017, we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project, we've provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states. 1.1.1.1 : We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster, more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Here’s the deal - we don’t store client IP addresses never, ever. We will continue to abide by our privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers. Sound like something you’d like to be a part of? We’d love to hear from you! Please note that applicants who progress to the offer stage of the interview process may be asked to attend an in-person interview within one of the Cloudflare Offices or Cloudflare Hubs. More details about this will be available at that stage of the interview process. This position may require access to i