Network Development Engineer

DESCRIPTION

Would you like to be an Engineer that builds the Cloud, rather than an Engineer that just uses it? At Amazon Web Services (AWS), our Engineers look after the behind-the-scenes network and tools that make the world's largest cloud computing infrastructure possible.

We have an amazing opportunity for you to join a world-class network team in a dynamic environment that has the feel of a start-up. As a Network Development Engineer (NDE) you will be responsible for building and operating the network infrastructure, you will learn all of the tools, services and components that the team relies upon to run the network. We collaborate closely with our internal customers and exchange ideas, we share a common goal to serve our external customers and grow through learning and innovation.

If you are exceptionally motivated and passionate about networking then we welcome you to join us, working with the most advanced tools, processes and talented people in the industry to make the Cloud a reality. A love for working with new technologies is essential.

What you'll be working on:

1. Lead network projects in the areas of network sustaining engineering, network deployment/implementation, network scaling, technology refresh, best practices application, and/or network optimization.
2. Lead engineering projects and evolution of highly available networks.
3. Building network fabrics from the ground up.
4. Investigating and solving real operational problems for our customers.
5. Developing innovative ways to automate and scale our network as we expand.
6. Execute and deliver a large program for one of our largest strategic partners in the UK.

Top reasons to join our team:

1. Define, build, own, and run a network in a high growth environment.
2. Build and influence the tools and utilities that are part of the AWS fleet running our internal services.

Mentorship & Career Growth
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we're building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded engineer and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.

Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and we host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences.

Work/Life Harmony
Our team also puts a high value on work-life harmony. Striking a healthy balance between your personal and professional life is crucial to your happiness and success here.

AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS)
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we're the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain - and we're looking for talented people who want to help.

You'll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You'll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you'll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. A relevant degree in a related technical discipline or equivalent experience in a large-scale network environment.
2. 5+ years' in a network focused hands-on technical role working with routing protocols/technologies and platforms in large scale data centre and/or WAN network environments.
3. Knowledge & experience of Linux or other Unix operating systems.
4. Proficiency in scripting/programming with one or more of Python (preferred), Perl, Ruby, Shell, Java, etc.
5. 5+ years' experience in a technical on-call capacity, responding to customer impacting events, mitigating and root cause analysis of those events.
6. 5+ years' experience developing engineering, deployment, or operations mechanisms to support IP network and/or networking systems.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. Thorough understanding of TCP/IP networking, IP routing, Server Load Balancing, and Network Security architecture and core technologies such as IP, TCP, OSPF/IS-IS, BGP, MPLS, Server Load Balancers, Firewalls, ACLs, DNS, DHCP, IPAM, LDAP, NFS, etc.
2. Experience of designing, developing or operating network services running on AWS.
3. Strong desire to build, ability to multitask, sense of ownership and urgency.

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