AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design planning delivery and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words were 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 were looking for talented people who want to help.
Youll join a diverse team of software hardware and network engineers supply chain specialists security experts operations managers and other vital roles. Youll 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 youll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.
Do you like to design operate and implement networks of large scale Would you like your work to play a key role to support all aspects of connectivity to/from Amazon and the outside world as well as the connectivity between Amazons data centers and services to design and architect innovation so networks are failproof infinitely scale and grow
The AWS GCNA (Global Connectivity and Network Availability) Organization is looking for a Network Development Engineer to join our Backbone Enterprise and Regional Engineering (BERE) team. Network Development Engineers partner with our broader Infrastructure organization on configurations standards and tools and collaborate with Systems and Software Engineers to ensure fast smooth rollout of new designs and products and also deploy and sustain networking software tools.
AWS GCNA (Global Connectivity and Network Availability) is the backbone that connects the global AWS network focused on maintaining the internet traffic that allows users to access their information and applications regardless of where they are in the world. GCNA is responsible for building and designing a complex backbone network that allows internet traffic to flow efficiently between data centers and customers.
Key job responsibilities
Leads design network/code and security reviews across teams to identify risks and prevent classes of bugs prior to production release.
Design and deploy Systems in our Network/Systems team to ensure fast smooth rollout of new OS hotfixes for bugs and security vulnerabilities using automation.
Design and deploy the configuration source for tens of thousands of network devices. Additionally you will develop tools device drivers and orchestration mechanisms to consistently apply configurations across this largescale device fleet.
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.
Together you and your leadership team will decide on the projects that best support your teams mission.
You and your team will design ahead of customer or technology needs always predicting and solving for problems that have not yet occurred. This takes the form of creating and defending High Level Design (HLD) and Low Level Design (LLD) documents working with internal stakeholders to influence technology roadmaps constructing and testing your solutions and providing support to the teams that will deploy and operate these designs.
You will Work closely with our internal customers on designs/solutions; bringing those designs/solutions from concept to production
A day in the life
As a part of Enterprise Network Engineering team we are responsible for tooling which connects 500 remote offices and serve multiple internal Fabrics using Enterprise core network. We manage a Enterprise Network with a scale of 100K Network Devices. We think outside the box how to design deploy and manage this large network using Automation.
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3 years of automation scripting using Python Bash Shell and/or Perl experience
8 years of major internet routing protocols experience
5 years of working in a Linux/Unix environment experience
Thorough understanding of TCP/IP networking IP routing Server Load Balancing and Network Security architecture and core technologies such as IP TCP OSPF/ISIS BGP MPLS Server Load Balancers Firewalls ACLs DNS DHCP IPAM LDAP NFS etc.
Experience with one or more of the following router server load balancer and firewall vendor platforms: Cisco Juniper AlcatelLucent Arista Brocade Extreme Citrix F5 Fortinet Palo Alto etc.
Knowledge of network hardware and packet forwarding architectures.
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