Network Reliability Engineer

Cloudflare

full-time

Posted on: 9/25/2025

Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • Colorado, District of Columbia, New York

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💰 $137,000 - $206,000 per year

Mid-LevelSenior

AirflowAnsibleChefConsulDockerGoGrafanaKubernetesLinuxOpen SourcePrometheusPythonRustSaltStackSwitching

About the role

Responsible for the technical operation and engineering of Cloudflare's core data center network, including planning, installation and management of hardware and software
Day-to-day operations of the core network supporting internal needs such as databases, high volume logging, and internal application clusters
Build software solutions to improve network resilience and reduce operational toil
Build tools to automate operational tasks, streamline deployment processes and provide a platform for other engineering teams to build upon
Nurture an “automate everything” approach to make systems failure-resistant and ready-to-scale
Play a key role in system design and bring ideas from design all the way to production
Collaborate with network engineering teams to build a high-performance global network accessible to any web property online

5+ years of relevant Network/Site Reliability Engineering experience
BA/BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience
Solid foundation on configuration management frameworks: Saltstack, Ansible, Chef
Experience with NX-OS, JUNOS, EOS, Cumulus, or Sonic Network Operating Systems
Solid Linux systems administration experience
Linux networking - iproute2, Traffic Control, Devlink, etc.
Strong software development skills in Go and Python
Deep knowledge of BGP and other routing protocols (bonus)
Workflow Management (AirFlow, Temporal) (bonus)
Open Source Routing Daemons (FRR, Bird, GoBGP) (bonus)
Experience with bare metal switching (bonus)
Experience with network programming in C, C++ or rust (bonus)
Experience with the Linux kernel and Linux software packaging (bonus)
Strong tooling and automations development experience (bonus)
Time series databases (Prometheus, Grafana, Thanos, Clickhouse) (bonus)
Other Tools - Kubernetes, Docker, Prometheus, Consul (bonus)
Authorization to receive software or technology controlled under U.S. export laws without sponsorship for an export license may be required