Network Deployment Engineer - APJCActive
The opportunity
In this role, you will be focused on the build out and expansion of our global network. You'll work closely with Cloudflare’s Network Infrastructure planning team, Network Engineering team, Infrastructure automation team, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team, Project Managers…
What you'll do
Provisioning, monitoring and maintaining hardware, software, and network in new Cloudflare data centers.
Perform server administration tasks remotely using IPMI/BMC tools, including: server provisioning, monitoring, troubleshooting and firmware updates.
Perform network configuration tasks to network devices in greenfield: deployment and brownfield migration activities.
Managing remote contractors to complete datacenter installations and upgrades: (rack and stack), including coordinating with hardware manufacturers, datacenter and network providers, logistics partners and other service providers in support of our 700+ growing datacenter locations.
Build automation to eliminate repetitive work using Python scripts and: templated change management workflows (Python + Jinja-based) that standardize deployment steps. Our team also develops agentic AI tools to reduce admin overhead and handling other operational toil.
Planning and implementing network and server installations, including in the: areas of facility power (AC/DC), cooling, security/access, rack layout and cable management.
What they're looking for
- Providing technical leadership and guidance to remote contractors and junior: team members during deployment activities—walking them through configurations, troubleshooting steps, and quality checks.
- Creating and maintaining documentation, plans, SOPs, MOPs and runbooks.
- Collaborating with internal teams (Infrastructure Engineering and Planning,: Network Engineering and SRE) on day-to-day operations and project planning.
- Coordinating installation of cross-connects globally in support of physical network expansion.
