Network Security Production Engineer - Load Balancing

Bloomberg is hiring a Network Security Production Engineer - Load Balancing in New York, United States. It pays $130k-$225k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Bloomberg.

Level's read on this job

On Level's scale, this role is Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
The posting mentions Ansible, Terraform and Airflow among its tools and skills.
Level classes it as a mid-level role.
Bloomberg has 332 other open roles on Level.
Posted within the past two weeks.

AI in this role

Build and maintain scalable global network load balancing infrastructure with an emphasis on automation and software tooling.

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As an SME for load balancing, you will be a critical member of the team responsible for the full lifecycle of our global network infrastructure that supports Bloomberg’s core products and services. This includes building and maintaining a load balancing environment that is scalable, secure, reliable and robust. Our network is vast, connecting several large-scale Data Centers and over a hundred edge sites. It connects Bloomberg to hundreds of thousands of our clients, over 1,500 global exchanges and trading venues over private connectivity, Internet and Public Cloud.

This is a unique opportunity to help build robust, highly scalable solutions that will power the future of how Bloomberg automates network infrastructure. You'll be trusted to design and work on tooling that builds on automation best practices and principles.

We’ll trust you to

Develop and maintain software tools to manage a large-scale, multi-vendor network with an emphasis on automation, telemetry, and model-driven infrastructure as code.
Automate the full network lifecycle—including provisioning, configuration, observability, testing, troubleshooting, and capacity planning.
Collaborate with architecture and design teams and the CTO office to implement new technologies that ensure scalability, efficiency, and operational resilience.
Develop tools and platforms that enhance the observability, reliability, and performance of the production network.
Enhance existing monitoring and observability frameworks, integrating intelligent alerting and self-remediation capabilities to reduce manual intervention and improve incident response.
Define and measure service-level objectives (SLOs) to track infrastructure performance and reliability.
Write software utilizing orchestration systems to automate tasks and interact with other systems.
Provide mentorship to junior engineers and promote software engineering best practices throughout the team.
Practice and promote the use of a modern software development lifecycle.

You need to have

4+ years of engineering experience in an infrastructure role or equivalent work experience.
Extensive experience as a Software, Network Production, or System Reliability Engineer especially in the Load Balancer space.
Experience with building, maintaining and continuously enhancing automation needed for scalability & efficiency in running the Network Infrastructure.
Experience in infrastructure Automation or orchestration Frameworks e.g. Ansible, Airflow, Terraform, Chef, Salt.
Proven experience with object-oriented programming languages preferably in Python.
A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Engineering, Mathematics, a similar field of study or equivalent work experience.

We'd love to see

Experience managing and automating network devices at scale such as Juniper, Nokia, Arista, Cisco, Palo Alto, F5, Whitebox, Broadcom, etc
Experience with virtualization and containerization
Eagerness to learn new technologies and mentor others
Experience with software load balancers.

Salary Range = 130,000 - 225,000 USD Annual + Benefits + Bonus
The referenced salary range is based on the Company's good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level.

We offer one of the most comprehensive and generous benefits plans available and offer a range of total rewards that may include merit increases, incentive compensation (exempt roles only), paid holidays, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, life insurance, and various wellness programs, among others. The Company does not provide benefits directly to contingent workers/contractors and interns.
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How we rate this

Network Security Production Engineer - Load Balancing at Bloomberg rates 10 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

Key facts

Network Security Production Engineer - Load Balancing is an open job at Bloomberg.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The listed salary is $130k-$225k a year.
The role is based in New York, New York, United States of America.
The job was posted on October 21, 2026.
Seniority: mid.
Applications are handled by Bloomberg. Apply on Bloomberg

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

Load BalancingNetwork AutomationInfrastructure As CodePythonNetworkingAnsibleTerraformAirflow

Questions you could be asked

Tell me about a project where load balancing was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where network automation was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where infrastructure as code was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where python was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where networking was part of your work. What did you do?

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List these exact terms on your resume: Load Balancing, Network Automation, Infrastructure As Code, Python, and Networking. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
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