Senior Sourcing Engineer, Infrastructure

At LinkedIn our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture connection clarity and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days as determined by the business needs of the team. 

This role will be based in Mountain View CA.

LinkedIns Infrastructure Business Engineering team manages the technology suppliers contracts and spend that power LinkedIns production data centers global network and internal IT. We are looking for a Senior Sourcing Engineer to own end-to-end sourcing for key infrastructure categories from strategy and RFx through negotiation contract execution and supplier management. You will partner closely with engineering supply planning finance legal and procurement to deliver the right technology at the right cost and on time while driving measurable savings and reducing supply risk.

Responsibilities

• Own sourcing strategy and execution for assigned infrastructure categories such as data center equipment and services telecom/circuits and infrastructure software/SaaS
• Partner with engineering and technical leaders to understand roadmaps utilization and demand; right-size purchases in line with capacity plans and budget
• Lead RFx events (RFI/RFP/RFQ): build bid packages run supplier evaluations perform total cost of ownership (TCO) and should-cost analysis and make award recommendations
• Develop negotiation strategies with stakeholders and lead commercial negotiations on pricing terms SLAs warranty/support and lead times
• Draft review and execute supplier agreements (MSAs SOWs purchase agreements amendments renewals) in partnership with Legal Security and Privacy
• Manage the end-to-end supplier lifecycle: selection onboarding quarterly business reviews performance scorecards and issue escalation
• Drive and report cost savings and cost avoidance against team targets; support budget planning forecasting and plan-vs-actual variance analysis with Finance
• Monitor market trends pricing and supply constraints; identify supply continuity and pricing risks and propose mitigation (dual-sourcing buffer strategies long-term agreements)
• Manage a pipeline of sourcing requests from intake through execution ensuring on-time PR/PO and procure-to-pay support
• Improve sourcing processes tools and reporting (e.g. contract repository request tracking spend dashboards)

Qualifications :

Basic Qualifications

• BA/BS in Supply Chain Engineering Business or a related field or equivalent practical experience
• 3 years of experience in strategic sourcing procurement commodity management or vendor management for technology or infrastructure products and services
• 3 years of experience negotiating and executing supplier contracts (e.g. MSAs SOWs purchase agreements)

Preferred Qualifications

• 5 years of sourcing experience in data center server/hardware network or enterprise IT categories at a hyperscale cloud or large technology company
• Working knowledge of infrastructure technologies: compute storage networking data center power and cooling and enterprise software
• Track record of leading complex high-value RFPs and negotiations
• Strong financial and analytical skills: TCO modeling cost breakdowns CapEx/OpEx depreciation accruals and budget variance analysis
• Advanced Excel and data/BI skills (e.g. Power BI SQL) for spend analysis and reporting
• Experience with procurement P2P and contract management tools (e.g. Zip Coupa Ariba Evisort)
• Understanding of contract terms related to data privacy security IP liability and warranty
• MBA or professional certification (CPSM CSCP) a plus

Suggested Skills

• Strategic sourcing and negotiation
• Supplier relationship management
• Financial analysis and cost modeling
• Cross-functional stakeholder influence

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The pay range for this role is $109000 to $180000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate including but not limited to skill set depth of experience certifications and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.  

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