Network Backbone Planner

Every day we strive to provide the best possible experience to our users that are now numbered in billions, and to make that possible, we have deployed an ultra-high capacity backbone network that spans the Globe. We are looking for a Planner to join our Backbone team to support the expansion of our global network. This is an ideal role for a Network Planner that wants to work on a purpose built and ever-expanding network that touches and changes the lives of billions for the better every day.

Network Backbone Planner Responsibilities

• Analyze traffic capacity projections and develop an optical backbone network capacity plan accordingly
• Model ad hoc, what-if scenarios, including greenfield and brownfield demand and supply scenarios to set strategy
• Assess fiber topology evolution of the backbone to achieve resiliency, and latency requirements
• Partner with Software Engineering & Product Engineering teams to develop capacity planning models and optimization simulations for network infrastructure
• Partner with Network Engineering (IP + Optical) teams to establish new design standards and build them into production
• Investigate collections of network failure and routing behaviors, and create simulation tests to improve network efficiency and network reliability metrics
• Work with engineering, finance, and sourcing to support backbone fiber acquisitions strategies

Minimum Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in network planning in high capacity, mission critical environment
• Experience with designing IP, Optical, or Fiber networks and knowledge of current technology
• Knowledge of network topology and experience in building resiliency design
• 2+ years of experience with network modeling tools such as NPS, One Planner, OPNET, Cariden, WAE, Aria, WANDL or other in-house tool
• 2+ years of coding experience in Python or another programming language (e.g. PHP, C++, or Java)
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with both terrestrial and submarine networks
• Production network design experience
• Experience with optical link design, wavelength assignment, and coherent modulation schemes
• Experience modeling and analyzing a business case for network expansion or fiber acquisition

For those who live in or expect to work from California if hired for this position, please click here for additional information.

About Meta

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today-beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

$147,000/year to $208,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

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