Staff Network Infrastructure Planner/Designer

Fastly helps people stay better connected with the things they love. Fastly’s 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. Fastly’s customers include many of the world’s most prominent companies, including Vimeo, Pinterest, The New York Times, and GitHub.

We're building a more trustworthy Internet. Come join us.

Fastly helps people stay better connected with the things they love. Fastly’s 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. Fastly’s customers include many of the world’s most prominent companies, including Vimeo, Pinterest, The New York Times, and GitHub.

We're building a more trustworthy Internet. Come join us.

Senior Network Infrastructure Planner/Designer

Fastly is looking for a Senior Network Infrastructure Planner/Designer to work on infrastructure and capacity planning efforts. We’re looking for someone that is passionate about collecting and analyzing data from different sources related to network performance and growth and identifying trends and needs. This role will lead the efforts to create Fastly’s network bandwidth capacity plan and contribute to the infrastructure build plan. This role provides the opportunity to interact with the Product, Engineering and Infrastructure teams to drive the decisions about infrastructure projects.

What You'll Do

• Monitor and analyze traffic patterns and network performance data as well as network health indicators
• Collect demand information from Sales and Product
• Create demand and capacity forecasts
• Lead the construction of the Network Bandwidth Capacity plan based on the data analysis and traffic forecasts
• Contribute to the construction of the Build Plan
• Contribute to the analysis for potential new POPs
• Provide capacity verifications for potential new business.
• Interact with other teams to create and improve the processes and tools needed for capacity planning
• Contribute to the new POPs and augment design.

What We're Looking For

Basic Qualifications:

• You have 5+ years of experience in network planning and/or program management associated with network infrastructure projects.
• You have 5+ years of experience working with cross-functional teams related to network planning and/or construction.
• You have a deep understanding of the main internet technologies and protocols (BGP, DNs, Anycast).
• You have experience analyzing network performance and indicators.
• You have experience in preparing and delivering presentations to multiple stakeholders and leadership.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience planning OTT or CDN infrastructure
• 3+ Experience with peering, IXs and IP transit connectivity.
• Experience with financial analysis for network projects
• Experience working with commercial and product teams for technical capacity validation.

Work Hours:

• This position will require you to be available during core business hours.

Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements:

This position is a HYBRID role and open to the following office locations:

• San Francisco, CA
• Denver, CO
• 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.

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

Salary:

The estimated salary range for this position is $109,240 to $264,220

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 Fastly’s 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 2024, we offer 10 paid local holidays, 11 paid company wellness days.

Why Fastly?

• We have a huge impact. Fastly is a small company with a big reach. Not only do our customers have a tremendous user base, but we also support a growing number of open source projects and initiatives. Outside of code, employees are encouraged to share causes close to their heart with others so we can help lend a supportive hand.
• We love distributed teams. Fastly’s home-base is in San Francisco, but we have multiple offices and employees sprinkled around the globe. As a new hire, you will be able to attend our IN-PERSON new hire orientation in our San Francisco office! It is an exciting week-long experience that we offer to new employees to build connections with colleagues across Fastly, participate in hands-on learning opportunities, and immerse yourself in our culture firsthand.
• 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 we’re 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.

We’re 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.

Fastly is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity and to providing employees with a safe and welcoming work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Our employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, family or parental status, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.

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