Every day we strive to provide the best possible experience to our users who are now numbered in billions, and to make that possible, we have deployed an ultra-high capacity backbone network that spans the globe. We are looking for a network planner to join our backbone team to support the expansion of our global network. This is an ideal role for a Network Planner that wants to work on a purpose-built and ever-expanding backbone network that touches and changes the lives of billions of people for the better every day.
Responsibilities
- Analyze traffic capacity projections and develop an optical transport network capacity plan accordingly
- Partner with Software Engineering & Product Engineering teams to develop capacity planning models and optimization simulations for network infrastructure
- Partner with Network Engineering teams to establish new design standards and build them into production
- Follow the developments of IP or Optical technology roadmaps and capabilities
- Network design, accounting for technological capabilities and network routing, to ensure scaling requirements and resiliency for the network are met
- Model ad-hoc, what-if scenarios, including greenfield and brownfield demand and supply scenarios to set strategy
- Investigate collections of network failure and routing behaviors, and create simulation tests to improve network efficiency and network reliability metrics
- Oversee fiber topology evolution of the backbone to achieve resiliency, and latency requirements
- Work with engineering, finance, and sourcing to support backbone fiber acquisitions strategies
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- 3+ years of experience in network planning in high capacity, mission critical environment
- Experience with designing IP, Optical or Fiber networks and knowledge of current technology
- Knowledge of network topology and experience in building resiliency design
- 2+ years of experience with network modeling tools such as NPS, One Planner, Opnet, Cariden, WAE, Aria, WANDL or other in-house tool
- Programming experience in Python or a similar language
- BS or MS Degree in an Engineering or Analytical field (e.g., Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Operations Research, Management Science) or equivalent experience Experience with both terrestrial and submarine networks is desirable
- Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
- Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
- Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
- Experience modeling and analyzing a business case for network expansion or fiber acquisition
- Production transport network design