Senior DataCenter Provisioning Engineer

Fastly helps people stay better connected with the things they love. Fastlys edge cloud platform enables customers to create great digital experiences quickly securely and reliably by processing serving and securing our customers applications as close to their end-users as possible at the edge of the Internet. The platform is designed to take advantage of the modern internet to be programmable and to support agile software development. Fastlys customers include many of the worlds most prominent companies including GitHub Yelp Paramount and JetBlue.

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Senior Data Center Provisioning Engineer (Remote US)

The Data Center Provisioning team is responsible for configuring and deploying the servers network devices and supporting infrastructure that provides over 462Tbps of connected global capacity spanning across more than 100 points of presence (POPs) worldwide.

We are looking for a highly collaborative detail-oriented data center provisioning engineer to join us as we build out new sites and provision additional capacity for existing sites supporting the growth of a platform that serves a significant proportion of the content delivered to internet consumers across the planet.

You will work cross-functionally with our hardware tooling and operations teams making our network bigger and better and contributing to more scalable provisioning solutions.

What Youll Do:

• Provision POPs (network devices servers and equipment) following documented standards and processes using a variety of tools including Github Ansible Chef and Fastlys internal tool sets
• Troubleshoot and resolve problems that occur during provisioning and service turnup
• Work collaboratively with internal operations and infrastructure teams as well as external partners in support of error-free rapid expansion
• Contribute to the development and improvement of standards and processes for the provisioning of new infrastructure
• Partner with other Fastly teams in the development and iteration of tools and automation systems that improve how we provision the network
• Support post-deployment validation monitoring integration and handoff to Network Operations for steady-state management.

What Were Looking For:

• At least 5 years experience in network devices and server provisioning system administration and/or site reliability engineering
• Strong understanding of how the internet and TCP/IP work focused on client/server dataflow
• Strong IP routing knowledge with a focus BGP with a deep understanding of TCP/IP
• Understanding of how CDNs work and their position in the global internet
• Comfort in a Linux environment and prior experience with software/automation workflow tools such as Git Travis Chef Ansible or comparable
• Ability to troubleshoot server scripting and network issues
• Scripting ability in a common language such as Bash Python etc.

Well be super impressed if you have experience in any of these:

• Prior experience working at a Content Delivery Network (CDN) hyperscale cloud provider or telecom infrastructure provider.
• Hands-on coding experience (e.g. Python Rust) for building or improving internal tooling.
• Experience provisioning and maintaining infrastructure for a large-scale high-availability global network.

Work Hours: This position will require you to be available during core business hours.

Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements:

This position is open to Hybrid And Remote Work Locations.

The preferred locations for this position are:

• Denver CO
• San Francisco CA
• New York NY

Fastly currently embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles which allows employees flexibility to split their time between the office and home.

There is a strong preference for Hybrid near a local office. However we may be willing to consider remote candidates within the US.

This position may require travel as required by your role or requested by your manager.

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Salary:

The estimated salary range for this position is $122280 to $172632.

Starting salary may vary based on permissible non-discriminatory factors such as experience skills qualifications and location.

This role may be eligible to participate in Fastlys equity and discretionary bonus programs.

Benefits:

We care about you. Fastly works hard to create a positive environment for our employees and we think your life outside of work is important too. We support our teams with great benefits that start on the first day of your employment with Fastly. Curious about our offerings

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical dental and vision insurance. Family planning mental health support along with Employee Assistance Program Insurance (Life Disability and Accident) a Flexible Vacation policy and up to 18 days of accrued paid sick leave are there to help support our employees. We also offer 401(k) (including company match) and an Employee Stock Purchase Program. For 2026 we offer 12 paid local holidays 12 paid company wellness days.

Why Fastly

• We have a huge impact.Fastly is a small company with a big reach. Not only doour customershave a tremendous user base but we also support a growing number ofopen source projects and of code employees are encouraged to share causes close to their heart with others so we can help lend a supportive hand.

• We value diversity.Growing and maintaining our inclusive and diverse team matters to us. We are committed to being a company where our employees feel comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work and have the ability to be successful -- every day.

• We are passionate.Fastly is chock full of passionate people and were not one size fits all. Fastly employs authors pilots skiers parents (of humans and animals) makeup geeks coffee connoisseurs and more. We love employees for who they are and what they are passionate about.

Were always looking for humble sharp and creative folks to join the Fastly team. If you think you might be a fit please apply! A fully completed application and resume or CV are required when applying.

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