Senior DataCenter Provisioning Engineer

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 GitHub, Yelp, Paramount, and JetBlue.

About the role

The Data Center Provisioning team is responsible for configuring and deploying the servers, network devices and supporting infrastructure that provides over 462Tbps of connected global capacity spanning across more than 100 points of presence (POPs) worldwide. We are looking for a highly collaborative, detail-oriented data center provisioning engineer to join us as we build out new sites and provision additional capacity for existing sites, supporting the growth of a platform that serves a significant proportion of the content delivered to internet consumers across the planet. You will work cross-functionally with our hardware, tooling, and operations teams, making our network bigger and better, and contributing to more scalable provisioning solutions.

Responsibilities

• Provision POPs (network devices, servers and equipment), following documented standards and processes, using a variety of tools including Github, Ansible, Chef, and Fastly’s internal tool sets
• Troubleshoot and resolve problems that occur during provisioning and service turnup
• Work collaboratively with internal operations and infrastructure teams, as well as external partners, in support of error-free rapid expansion
• Contribute to the development and improvement of standards and processes for the provisioning of new infrastructure
• Partner with other Fastly teams in the development and iteration of tools and automation systems that improve how we provision the network
• Support post-deployment validation, monitoring integration, and handoff to Network Operations for steady-state management

Requirements

• At least 5 years experience in network devices and server provisioning, system administration, and/or site reliability engineering
• Strong understanding of how the internet and TCP/IP work, focused on client/server dataflow
• Strong IP routing knowledge, with a focus on BGP with a deep understanding of TCP/IP
• Understanding of how CDNs work and their position in the global internet
• Comfort in a Linux environment, and prior experience with software/automation workflow tools such as Git, Travis, Chef, Ansible, or comparable
• Ability to troubleshoot server, scripting, and network issues
• Scripting ability in a common language such as Bash, Python, etc.

Nice to have

• Prior experience working at a Content Delivery Network (CDN), hyperscale cloud provider, or telecom infrastructure provider
• Hands-on coding experience (e.g., Python, Rust) for building or improving internal tooling
• Experience provisioning and maintaining infrastructure for a large-scale, high-availability global network

Schedule

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

Work Location & Travel

This position is open to Hybrid and Remote Work Locations within the US. The preferred locations for this position are:

• Denver, CO
• San Francisco, CA
• 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. There is a strong preference for Hybrid near a local office. This position may require travel as required by your role or requested by your manager.

Pay

The estimated salary range for this position is $122,280 to $172,632. 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 offer a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Family planning and mental health support
• Employee Assistance Program
• Life, disability, and accident insurance
• Flexible Vacation policy and up to 18 days of accrued paid sick leave
• 401(k) (including company match)
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• 12 paid local holidays and 12 paid company wellness days (for 2026)