Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Network Operations (Remote)

Fastly

full-time

Posted on: 8/15/2025

Location: New York • 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $167,790 - $201,348 per year

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AnsibleAWSAzureCloudDNSGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaGraphiteJenkinsLinuxOpen SourcePrometheusPythonSplunkUnix

About the role

Build, operate, and maintain the continually growing global network footprint of Fastly’s Edge Cloud Platform
Response to significant traffic incidents and lead network incidents, resolving edge cases and failure scenarios with your expertise in IP routing, particularly BGP
Innovate new methods for monitoring network performance, focusing on the end-user experience, and proactively address potential issues
Partner in the development and iteration of tools and automation systems that improve how we operate and build the network
Continual deep-dive of performance-based analytics and close involvement with partner teams to maintain a performant global network
Advocate for the operational stability of the network by identifying opportunities and partnering with engineering teams to shape their roadmaps and software solutions
Mentor team members on the complexities of global routing, especially in an anycast-heavy environment

Extensive experience in the protocols and practices that make up the fabric of the global internet, including IP, BGP, Anycast and DNS
Proficiency in Tier 1 Internet service providers, Internet exchanges and cloud providers
Ability to analyze traffic patterns across multiple dimensions using flow-based tools
Experience working with alerting, monitoring and visibility tools (such as Graphite/Grafana, Prometheus, or Splunk)
Experience in code and design reviews and Scripting abilities in a common language such as Python, etc
Experience with Linux/Unix
Knowledge across cloud hosting solutions (i.e., GCP, AWS and Azure)
Knowledge of DevOps practices and CI / CD pipelines (ie. Git, Jenkins, Ansible)
Adept at knowledge sharing and creating comprehensive documentation to empower teams
Able to collaborate with cross-functional teams to shape the technical roadmap, prioritizing initiatives to optimize automation tooling and the network