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Salary: EUR 42,000 - 83,000 / annual
Cloudflare is seeking a Data Center Network Operations Engineer to maintain and optimize its global network infrastructure spanning 330+ cities across 125+ countries. You will work closely with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Network Engineering, and Network Deployment teams, alongside hardware vendors, datacenter providers, and ISPs to ensure consistent infrastructure management and operational excellence.
In this role, you will be responsible for maintaining data center environmental operational availability, collaborating with internal teams to create documentation and manage remote contractors for datacenter tasks, and leveraging AI tools to automate repetitive operational work and accelerate troubleshooting. You will develop and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs), manage operational processes (MOPs), support and configure network infrastructure, and provide feedback to internal teams on tools and vendor partnerships. The position includes participation in a shared 24×7 on-call rotation and limited travel.
You will thrive in a hypergrowth engineering environment with deep technical understanding of data center colocation environments, network architecture, and server technologies. You should be self-driven with keen attention to detail, experienced in managing operational environments, and comfortable developing new approaches to improve delivery efficiency and operational stability.
Key responsibilities include collaborating with infrastructure teams to support deployment across remote locations, maintaining documentation and managing remote contractors, leveraging automation to improve operational efficiency, configuring network infrastructure (Juniper, Cisco, DWDM equipment), and handling basic program management tasks using tools like JIRA. You will also seek opportunities to introduce cutting-edge technology and automation solutions and assist with defining and implementing consistent processes across all regions.
**Requirements:**
- Minimum 4 years of Linux systems administration experience
- Experience with Juniper, Cisco, and DWDM network equipment
- Experience managing and instructing remote contractors
- Familiarity with infrastructure deployment in remote colocation facilities
- Experience running and improving operational processes, including automation tooling, in rapidly changing environments
- Familiarity with day-to-day data center operations tasks (deployment, migration, decommissioning)
- Comfortable handling basic program management responsibilities (prioritization, planning, scheduling, status reporting) using tools like JIRA
- Ability to participate in shared on-call rotation for 24×7 operational availability
**Desirable qualifications:**
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or MIS
- Direct experience executing complex data center/infrastructure projects
- Experience with DCIM tools
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, problem-solving ability, and attention to detail
- Ability to manage Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets
- Linux certifications (RHCSA)
- Network certifications (CCNA, JNCIA or higher)
- Configuration management systems (Saltstack, Chef, Puppet, Ansible)
- Scripting/development experience in Bash, Python, or Go
- Familiarity with load balancing and reverse proxies (Nginx, Varnish, HAProxy, Apache)
- Experience in large-scale SaaS environments
- Multi-lingual with experience working across multiple countries
- Comfort with remote "lights-out" and out-of-band data center access
