Network Development Engineer, Core Networking

About This Role

The Network Development Engineer, Core Networking at AWS Infrastructure Services will utilize network and Unix systems engineering to deliver simple, sustainable, and repeatable solutions. This role plays a key part in driving the stability and sustainability of next-generation IP networks and contributes to the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Perform high quality network and/or systems operations, deployments, scaling, technology refresh, sustaining engineering, best practices application, optimization, and internal/external customer interactions.
• Create and implement changes on the network.
• Work closely with automation teams in defining tools for scaling at higher volume.
• Lead network projects in areas such as sustaining engineering, deployment/implementation, scaling, technology refresh, best practices, and optimization.
• Sustain Amazon Web Services' next generation networks 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 low level application interaction, Unix systems, and new age networking software tools.
• Drive and support innovation from Top of Rack to the Network Border and everything in between.
• Partner with the broader Network/Infrastructure organization in network engineering, configurations standards, and tools.
• Work closely with Network/Systems/Software Engineering teams to ensure fast, smooth roll-out of new designs and products, and assist with deployment and sustaining of networking software tools.
• Maintain standards across the networking toolset and ensure compliance to those standards and policies.
• Deliver simple, sustainable and repeatable solutions and processes.
• Collaborate with highest tier escalation engineers/resolvers.
• Create and review documentation and processes regarding network implementation/deployments, recurring issues, new standard operating procedures, and knowledge transfer material.
• Participate in an on-call rotation with your team.

Requirements

• 4+ years of major internet routing protocols experience
• 4+ years of working in a Linux/Unix environment experience
• 1+ years of automation scripting using Python, Bash, Shell and/or Perl experience

Qualifications

• 4+ years of major internet routing protocols experience, 4+ years of working in a Linux/Unix environment experience, and 1+ years of automation scripting experience.

Nice to Have

• Hands-on experience with architecture, design, development, validation, installation, deployment, and customer support of Fiber Optics DWDM networking platforms from vendors like Infinera, Cisco, Tellabs, Nokia Siemens, Nortel/Ciena, and others.
• Proficient in major optical and IP technologies such as DWDM, SONET/SDH, OTN, IPv4/IPv6, MPLS, BGP, OSPF, etc.
• Scripting skills in Python, Perl, or Shell (bash, ksh, csh) or desire to learn them.

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits