Sr. Network Engineer, Datacenter Team

Description:
Tesla is currently seeking an experienced Senior Network Engineer to help design, build, and operate large-scale datacenter networks that support internal app, training, and inference workloads. In this role, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver highly available, scalable, and automated network infrastructure while ensuring exceptional reliability for Tesla’s critical applications.

Responsibilities:
Design and build new datacenters, including dedicated training and inference environments, ensuring robust, scalable, and high-performance network architectures
Collaborate closely with team members to maintain, optimize, and expand existing datacenter networks
Partner with Tesla’s key application teams to understand growth requirements and deliver network solutions that provide high availability, reliability, and performance
Gather and analyze networking requirements; evaluate options and propose, design, and implement effective solutions
Monitor, analyze, and report on key network service metrics to ensure performance, capacity, and reliability targets are met
Develop and implement automation solutions to rapidly deploy, configure, and update network equipment at scale
Conduct product evaluations and proof-of-concept (POC) testing to assess new technologies and vendors
Create and maintain comprehensive network documentation, knowledge bases, and operational “Run-Books”
Participate in on-call rotation and provide support during occasional weekends, after-hours periods, and holidays as needed
Travel up to 10% as required to support datacenter projects and operations

Requirements:
6+ years of experience in mid/large-scale global enterprise networking infrastructure
Extensive experience in IP networking, L2/L3 network protocols (spanning-tree, OSPF, BGP), TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, end to end QOS, RDMA, InfiniBand, VLAN, VRRP, LACP, MC-LAG, EVPN with VXLAN, ACL and infrastructure cabling
Strong Experience with Arista, Nvidia, Juniper, Cisco switches. Experience with SONiC is additional
Good cabling & optics knowledge
Experience with various tools such as Protocol Analyzer, SNMP, flow, IPAM, RADIUS, Splunk, network taps, and load/stress testing
Experience with developing scripts to automate infrastructure deployment and collect metrics
Basic experience with DevOps tools and technologies
CCNP, JNCIP preferred

Compensation & Benefits:
Benefits

Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:
Medical plans > plan options with $0 payroll deduction
Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both have options with a $0 paycheck contribution
Company Paid (Health Savings Accounts) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible medical plan with HSA
Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits
Company paid Basic Life, AD&D
Short-term and long-term disability insurance (90 day waiting period)
Employee Assistance Program
Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions, Accrued hours for Hourly positions), and Paid Holidays
Back-up childcare and parenting support resources
Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance
Weight Loss and Tobacco Cessation Programs
Tesla Babies program
Commuter benefits
Employee discounts and perks program