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Network Infrastructure Engineer, Global Network Infra (WAN)

4 days agoSalary: 266K - 445KSan Francisco, USADevopsJobs by OpenAI

AI research and deployment company building and deploying frontier AI products, including ChatGPT, Codex, and its API platform.

49 current maintainers29 active leads5 new active leads117 lead step-downs16 early lead departures
San Francisco, United States
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About the Role

You will design, deploy and support WAN infrastructure across data centers, network PoPs and cloud connectivity environments. You will own activation of network circuits with fiber carriers and cloud providers, troubleshoot complex issues across physical, Layer 2 and Layer 3, contribute to physical network design, monitor network health, build automation and tooling, and join an on-call rotation.

Requirements

  • Hands-on experience deploying, activating and troubleshooting WAN circuits with carriers, fiber providers or cloud providers
  • Strong understanding of optical networking, Ethernet, TCP/IP, BGP and Layer 2/3 connectivity
  • Ability to debug network issues across multiple layers
  • Experience with data center networking, carrier infrastructure, cloud interconnects or large-scale WAN
  • Understanding of physical network infrastructure such as fiber cabling, port mappings and ODFs
  • Experience with scripting or automation tools
  • Nice to have: backbone or hyperscale network experience, optical transport, Python or Go automation, PoP deployment

Responsibilities

  • Design, deploy and support WAN infrastructure across data centers, PoPs and cloud connectivity environments
  • Own end-to-end activation and turn-up of network circuits with carriers and cloud providers
  • Troubleshoot complex physical, Layer 2 and Layer 3 network issues
  • Diagnose and isolate failures across carrier, cloud provider and internal boundaries
  • Contribute to physical network design including port mappings, fiber layouts, ODFs and connectivity planning
  • Monitor network health, circuit utilization and performance to identify capacity and reliability risks
  • Build automation and tooling for provisioning, validation, troubleshooting and operations
  • Collaborate with network engineering, data center teams and external providers
  • Participate in an on-call rotation

Benefits

  • Equity
  • Performance-related bonus
  • Medical, dental and vision insurance with HSA employer contributions
  • Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA and commuter pre-tax accounts
  • 401(k) with employer match
  • Paid parental leave up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents, plus paid medical and caregiver leave up to 8 weeks
  • Flexible PTO for exempt employees; up to 15 days for non-exempt
  • 13+ paid company holidays and company office closures, plus paid sick time
  • Mental health and wellness support
  • Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
  • Annual learning and development stipend
  • Daily meals in offices and meal delivery credits
  • Relocation support
  • Charitable donation matching and wellness stipends