Director, Edge & Traffic Engineering
Description For Director, Edge & Traffic Engineering
LinkedIn, the world's largest professional network, is seeking an experienced Director of Edge & Traffic Engineering to lead their global traffic management initiatives. This key leadership role will be responsible for ensuring high availability, performance, and scalability of LinkedIn's traffic routing systems across their global infrastructure.
The position requires a seasoned professional with 12+ years of experience in network engineering, including 8+ years in leadership roles. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in DNS, traffic engineering, and routing platforms, along with hands-on experience with technologies like Azure Front Door, Cloudflare, IPVS, Apache Traffic Server, and various proxy systems.
As Director, you will define and execute comprehensive traffic engineering strategies, drive continuous improvement in system performance, and lead a team of talented engineers. Key responsibilities include overseeing architecture optimization, managing DNS resolution policies, implementing proxy systems, and establishing robust incident management processes.
The role offers an opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies at massive scale, solving complex challenges in traffic management and system reliability. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product, engineering, and infrastructure, to align traffic engineering strategies with business objectives.
LinkedIn offers a hybrid work environment, allowing flexibility to work both remotely and from their Mountain View office. The compensation package includes a competitive base salary range of $218,000 to $357,000, along with potential for performance bonuses and equity.
This is an excellent opportunity for a technical leader who is passionate about large-scale distributed systems and wants to make an impact at a company that's shaping the future of professional networking. You'll be joining a company that values diversity, inclusion, and creating economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce.
The ideal candidate will bring not only technical expertise but also strong leadership abilities, excellent communication skills, and a track record of driving complex technical initiatives. If you're excited about leading edge computing and traffic engineering at scale while working with a world-class team, this role offers the perfect platform to advance your career while making a significant impact.
Responsibilities For Director, Edge & Traffic Engineering
- Define, develop, and execute comprehensive traffic engineering strategy
- Drive continuous improvement in performance, reliability, and availability
- Oversee architecture and optimization of traffic routing and DNS systems
- Manage and enhance DNS resolution and traffic routing policies
- Lead deployment of geographically distributed traffic management systems
- Direct design and maintenance of traffic routing platforms
- Implement and monitor proxy systems
- Establish incident management and troubleshooting processes
- Track key performance metrics and SLAs
- Drive automation and observability initiatives
- Lead and mentor traffic engineering team
Requirements For Director, Edge & Traffic Engineering
- Bachelor's degree in Network Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field
- 12+ years of experience in network engineering
- Minimum of 8 years in a leadership role
- 5+ experience managing large-scale, global networks
- Experience in networking technologies, protocols (BGP, OSPF, MPLS), traffic engineering, and load balancing
- Hands-on experience with edge networks, CDNs, cloud networking, and SDN
- Strong project management skills
- Experience with vendor management and contract negotiations
Benefits For Director, Edge & Traffic Engineering
- Hybrid work option
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