Network Engineer, Foundation & Support at Meta
Eagle Mountain, UT
$135,000–$191,000from the description
Jul 28, 2026
Eagle Mountain, UT
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A hands-on network engineering role on Meta's Edge & Network Services team focused on the physical and logical build-out of large-scale data center infrastructure — including greenfield sites, colocation deployments, and retrofits. The engineer will own structured cabling and fiber design, coordinate with construction and design teams, and develop automation and tooling to improve deployment and operations processes. Suits an experienced data center network engineer comfortable bridging physical infrastructure and software-driven workflows.
Senior level · 7+ years · San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $132,532 (middle half $103,068–$167,147). 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 29, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The role sits between network architecture (15-1241) and network/systems administration (15-1244). The primary day-to-day work is designing and deploying physical data center network infrastructure and writing automation tooling — closer to operations and deployment than pure architecture, but the design and cross-functional leadership duties make 15-1241 a credible runner-up.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor's degree … or equivalent practical experience,' so no hard degree gate is set.
Location is not explicitly stated in the posting; Meta's ENS team is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, so that CBSA is used as the best available inference.
Programming experience (Python, C++, Go) is listed under Preferred Qualifications with a 2+ year qualifier; it is captured as preferred accordingly.
Several AI-related bullets appear to be duplicated in the Preferred Qualifications section of the original posting — they are consolidated into a single 'AI tools' preferred skill.
Travel of 10–30% is required based on project demand; this cannot be represented in a structured field but is a meaningful constraint for candidates.
Ignored 4 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): data center network infrastructure design, inside/outside plant cable design, data center facilities management, data center design certifications.
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