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# Network Engineer, Global BackBone

- **Company:** BYTEDANCE INC.
- **Location:** San Jose, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Border Gateway Protocol, Computer Programming, Information Sciences, Multi-protocol Systems, Python (Programming Language), Network Architecture, Network Protocols, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), TCP/IP, Wide Area Networks, Computer Network Operations, Juniper, Information Technology, SDN Network, Cisco
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/28_25197_4664a055f584a81c7a39c1326ebad043

## About the Role

* Bachelor's in Computer Science, Information Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
 * Good understanding of network protocols including TCP/IP, OSPF/IS-IS, BGP and MPLS related technologies.
 * Hands-on experience with designing, building and operating wide area network (WAN) using devices from mainstream vendors, such as Cisco, Arista, Juniper, H3C, Nokia, etc.
 * Self-motivated, good communication and written skills., * In-depth knowledge and skill of backbone traffic engineering technologies, such as RSVP-TE, SRTE-MPLS and SRv6 etc.
 * In-depth knowledge of quality-of-service (QoS) technologies and implementations on wide area network.
 * Good understanding of controller-based software-defined networking.
 * Programming/scripting in Python or other languages.

## Description

* Plan, design, implement, operate and optimize ByteDance's global backbone network across all major continents.
 * Collaborate with network architecture, SDN, tools platform teams to improve network scalability, resource utilization, buildout efficiency and operational excellence.
 * Collaborate with team members across multiple time zones to ensure continuous global network operations.
 * Partner with the NOC team to support the day-to-day operations of the global backbone network infrastructure, including responding to network incidents alerts, mitigation, and service restoration during network failures.
 * Travel may be required up to 15% - 30% of the time.