Network Engineer, ENS Strategic Lead
Meta · Aiken, SC
$193,000–$271,000from the description
Jul 22, 2026
Aiken, SC
Jul 23, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior leadership role within Meta's global network infrastructure organization, focused on operational strategy, process improvement, and cross-functional program execution across edge and subsea network environments. The position involves owning organizational roadmaps, managing incident escalations, driving automation initiatives, and overseeing vendor relationships. It suits an experienced network or infrastructure operations leader comfortable bridging technical depth with broad stakeholder coordination at global scale.
Senior level · 10+ years · San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 240 people in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer and information systems managers). range 180–370
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $238,011 (middle half $208,323–$320,108). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The role title is 'Network Engineer, ENS Strategic Lead' but the actual scope — leading teams, setting org-level roadmap and strategy, managing vendors and MSPs, mentoring people managers, and owning cross-functional programs — is clearly a people-management/leadership position, making 11-3021 the best fit. 15-1244 is listed as a runner-up because the underlying domain is network/infrastructure operations.
Meta's job posting does not specify a single office location; the role is likely based at Meta's Menlo Park, CA headquarters but the posting omits a city. San Francisco CBSA is used as the best available proxy for the Bay Area.
The 10+ years requirement is stated at the role level (global network or infrastructure operations); the 5+ years for vendor partnering is a separate, named-context requirement also at the role level — both are captured in the overall years minimum at the higher figure (10).
Python, Go, and JavaScript are listed together as interchangeable higher-level coding languages under Minimum Qualifications; Python is used as the primary with the others as alternatives.
Cisco, Juniper, Ciena, Infinera, Nokia, and Arista are cited as examples of network hardware platforms under the vendor-partnering requirement — they are interchangeable examples of the same gate, so they are grouped as one skill with alternatives.
AI/ML tools, prompt engineering, and agent orchestration appear only under Preferred Qualifications and are marked accordingly.
The posting mentions up to 15% domestic and international travel as a requirement, which cannot be represented in a structured field.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): agent orchestration.
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