Network Dev Engineer-II, Core Network - Data Center Life Cycle

Job Description

The Network Development Engineer position at AWS Core Networking involves building, deploying, and scaling Amazon networks to support AWS, customers, and other business units across global data centers.

Requirements

• 4+ years’ experience in a network focused hands-on technical role working with IP routing protocols/technologies and platforms in large scale data center and/or WAN network environments.
• 4+ years’ experience developing engineering, deployment, or operations mechanisms to support IP network and/or networking systems.
• 4+ years’ experience in a technical on-call capacity, responding to customer impacting events, mitigating and root cause analysis of those events.
• 1+ years of experience in automation via Bash/shell scripting and Perl/Python programming.

Responsibilities

• Perform high quality network and/or systems operations, deployments, scaling, technology refresh, sustaining engineering, best practices application, optimization, internal/external customer interactions, and produce appropriate technical documentation.
• Lead network projects in areas such as network sustaining engineering, network deployment/implementation, network scaling, technology refresh, best practices application, and/or network optimization.
• Sustain Amazon Web Services’ next generation networks for significant AWS customers by providing critical network support to diagnose, mitigate impact, and resolve large-scale networking events.
• Operate and troubleshoot network routing, interconnectivity, platforms, performance, and configurations issues, including necessary low-level application interaction, Unix systems, and new age networking software tools.
• Drive and support innovation in networking from Top of Rack to the Network Border and everything in between.
• Partner with broader Network/Infrastructure organization in the areas of network engineering, configurations standards, and tools.
• Collaborate with highest tier escalation engineers/resolvers and maintain standards across the networking toolset.
• Deliver simple, sustainable, and repeatable solutions and processes.
• Create and review documentation and processes regarding network implementation/deployments, recurring issues, new standard operating procedures, knowledge transfer material, etc.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage (multiple plan options)
• Health savings and flexible spending accounts
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program for mental health support
• 401(k) with company match and various investment choices
• Company-paid life/AD&D and disability insurance
• Restricted stock units (RSUs) for employee ownership
• Child care and elder care referrals, adoption assistance
• Paid maternity and parental leave (including Ramp Back)
• Paid time off (PTO) and company holidays
• Employee discount on Amazon.com products
• Career Choice program (95% tuition and textbook coverage)