Infrastructure Engineer
Facebook App

Chicago, Illinois

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The Site Operations team is responsible for the delivery of data center compute and storage at Meta, enabling our family of apps and services to support a growing global community. We are seeking a forward-thinking individual skilled across multiple disciplines to lead global initiatives on this team. The mission of this role is to identify and tackle the biggest technical and operational challenges and opportunities before SiteOps. The Infrastructure Engineer is expected to personally advance our highest impact initiatives, and to drive others to closure through the right working groups and delegates. The scope of the role is Infra-wide; the DC Infra Engineer is expected to work with the data center teams, Core Systems, CEA, PE, and hardware engineering to architect and implement adaptable solutions that transform our infrastructure in dimensions including performance, efficiency, quality, and resiliency. Areas of emphasis include next gen platforms, tools, and technologies; the interplay between our platforms and data centers; and the underlying architecture of our infrastructure including physical vs logical layer trade-offs.

Infrastructure Engineer Responsibilities:

  • Represent Site Operations in leading work to define and architect new solutions on global initiatives, working with stakeholders across IDC & Infra
  • Assemble and lead cognitively diverse teams to address complex engineering challenges, requiring deep technical expertise as well as a broad understanding of Meta's overall infrastructure.
  • Address issues that can be ambiguous and global in nature, requiring leadership and collaboration across time zones, teams, and technical domains.
  • Act as key Subject Matter Expert and mentor in the design, operation, and troubleshooting of tools, technologies, and processes utilized within Site Operations.
  • Understand and assess risks and challenges associated with emerging new hardware, data center and software technologies, and define & implement effective mitigations for these.
  • Employ a holistic understanding of the full infrastructure stack to drive solutions that appropriately balance physical and logical layer capabilities and constraints.
  • Act as a global communication and advisory point of contact for the design, implementation and delivery of projects that affect our global data center and server fleet and facilitate resolution of issues drawing on local expertise and global support partners.
  • Leverage data-driven methodologies to understand a problem at the onset, define a plan, and measure progress throughout a project. Provide data supplied narratives and ensure a strong focus on continuous improvement.
  • Build and support strong, trusted, cross-functional connections with teams across the globe and serve as an advocate for the Site Operations Team with key stakeholders, influencing policies and procedures to improve global data center operations.
  • Approximately 20% - 30% travel required.


Minimum Qualifications:

  • Knowledge of the full stack of infrastructure, with experience building or operating logical infrastructure on top of a complex, distributed physical infrastructure.
  • 10+ years of technical experience, in a large-scale data center or IT Infrastructure environment.
  • Proven communication skills and experience working in a highly distributed environment, across teams/department boundaries.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Experience building globally scalable solutions and translating global strategic initiatives into local executable projects.
  • Knowledge of the interdependencies of data center functions and technologies including electrical, cooling, structured cabling, security, network, server and storage systems.
  • Experience building, operating, and scaling with Linux or Unix Operating systems.
  • Experience communicating the results of analysis and insights to cross functional teams and influencing the strategy of these teams.


Preferred Qualifications:

  • Coding or scripting experience such as Bash, PHP, Python, SQL, or Perl.
  • Experience in providing technical guidance to external vendors and partners.
  • Knowledge and experience with virtualization, containerization, distributed systems, fault tolerance, and incident management.
  • Data Center Design and Expansion. Experience with high level data center design, operations, basic electrical/mechanical infrastructure, and scaling physical infrastructure.
  • Strong knowledge of storage and AI/ML related services and the hardware that supports them.




Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. You may view our Equal Employment Opportunity notice here. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. We may use your information to maintain the safety and security of Meta, its employees, and others as required or permitted by law. You may view Meta's Pay Transparency Policy, Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law notice, and Notice to Applicants for Employment and Employees by clicking on their corresponding links. Additionally, Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law


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