This role pays more than
87%
of similar roles. Most pay
$144,350–$191,637
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$216k
versus about
$168k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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About Salesforce
Salesforce is the world''s leading customer relationship management (CRM) platform, offering cloud-based software for sales, service, marketing, analytics, and application development. Industry: Enterprise Software & Cloud Computing
Salesforce currently has
106 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$148,500–$260,100
across 98 roles with salary data.
Lead Network Engineer - Backbone Engineering joins the Infrastructure Strategy and Data Center Operations team to support the Salesforce Global Network. This role focuses on network capacity, connectivity strategy, and backbone routing architecture for the core network that customers use to access applications and data. Responsibilities include managing peering relationships, overseeing capacity vendor metrics, project managing new installations, and maintaining network datastores. The engineer will develop automation tools using Python and Ansible to streamline configuration changes while collaborating with field teams and vendors on router migrations and designs. Required technical skills include experience with Cisco and Juniper carrier-class routers, BGP, IS-IS, WDM technologies, Unix/Linux systems, and Git version control. The role addresses the critical challenge of maintaining a scalable, reliable SaaS infrastructure through proactive capacity planning and automated network management processes.