Network Engineer - Operation

TikTok

4.5

(6)

Ashburn, VA

Why you should apply for a job to TikTok:

  • 4.5/5 in overall job satisfaction
  • 4.5/5 in supportive management
  • 100% say women are treated fairly and equally to men
  • 100% would recommend this company to other women
  • 100% say the CEO supports gender diversity
  • Ratings are based on anonymous reviews by Fairygodboss members.
  • Employee well-being is supported via hybrid work, short-term counseling through our EAP and a premium subscription to Headspace.
  • We embrace diversity across all dimensions and provide employees with 9 employee resource groups globally, including our WOMEN ERG.
  • Comprehensive parental leave policy as well as fertility treatment through healthcare providers with a $20,000 lifetime maximum.
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    Position summary

    network incident response and operational stability, including backbone, data center, public cloud, Edge/CDN and Network GWs.

    • Support the day-to-day operations of the Non-CN global network infrastructure and responder for network incidents and emergencies, leading troubleshooting, mitigation, and service restoration during network failures.
    • Partner with the 247 NOC team as a second-line (L2) operations engineer, collaborating with engineers across multiple time zones to ensure continuous 247 global network operations.
    • Collaborate with network architecture, deployment, and software engineering teams to improve operational tooling, monitoring platforms, and automation systems.
    • Coordinate with ISPs, vendors, and internal engineering teams to diagnose and resolve network issues as well as conduct post-incident root cause analysis (RCA) and drive remediation to prevent recurrence.
    • Support network maintenance and change activities, including operational checks and post-change monitoring.

    Qualifications

    Minimum Qualifications

    • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
    • 2+ years of experience in network operations, network support, or network engineering.
    • Good understanding of network protocols including TCP/IP, DHCP, BGP, OSPF/IS-IS and MPLS related technologies.
    • Strong sense of ownership with the ability to troubleshoot and resolve network incidents under ambiguity, including timely response during critical outages.
    • Good communication skills and the ability to collaborate across global teams.

    Preferred Qualifications

    • Experience working in large-scale data center networks, cloud infrastructure, OTT platforms, or ISP environments.
    • Experience in incident management, operational process optimization, and network troubleshooting.
    • Experience working with network vendors, ISPs, and service providers.
    • Familiarity with network automation tools or scripting languages such as Python or Shell.

    Why you should apply for a job to TikTok:

  • 4.5/5 in overall job satisfaction
  • 4.5/5 in supportive management
  • 100% say women are treated fairly and equally to men
  • 100% would recommend this company to other women
  • 100% say the CEO supports gender diversity
  • Ratings are based on anonymous reviews by Fairygodboss members.
  • Employee well-being is supported via hybrid work, short-term counseling through our EAP and a premium subscription to Headspace.
  • We embrace diversity across all dimensions and provide employees with 9 employee resource groups globally, including our WOMEN ERG.
  • Comprehensive parental leave policy as well as fertility treatment through healthcare providers with a $20,000 lifetime maximum.