Network Development Engineer, Direct Connect

Do you like to use network and Unix systems engineering to deliver simple sustainable and repeatable solutions Would you like to play a key role in driving the stability and sustainability of next-generation IP networks

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design planning delivery and operation of all AWS global 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.

is looking for best-in-class Network Engineers to drive the deployment scaling and automation of one of the worlds largest and complex networks: the AWS Direct Connect service - the service that connects AWS to our largest customers in data centers around the world. With Amazon Web Services () our goal is to become The Infrastructure Platform to the world. Our customers demand the highest quality and reliability for their services and challenge us to be better faster and cheaper every day. We are expanding at a tremendous rate; it is our responsibility to maintain quality and reliability while developing innovative ways to automate the scaling of our network.

The AWS Direct Connect team delivers solutions that make it easy for customers to establish a dedicated network connection from their premises to the AWS cloud. These connections help to reduce network costs increase bandwidth throughput and provide a more consistent network experience than Internet-based connections. AWS Direct Connect is currently available in more than 100 locations which span nearly 70 cities in 30 different countries.

Key job responsibilities
As a Network Development Engineer you will:
- Support and maintain our next generation networks.
- Deliver simple sustainable and repeatable solutions and processes.
- Work closely with our broader Network Engineering & Deployment teams to ensure operational readiness for new deployments.
- Drive standards across the network and ensure that we are fully compliant to those standards and policies.
- Participate and drive impact mitigation during large-scale events utilizing an established Event Management process.
- Drive event deep dives for large-scale events deliver high-quality documentation for the events and drive corrective actions to completion.
- Improve our detection mechanisms by designing and implementing new alerts.
- Create and review documentation and process regarding recurring issues new standard operating procedures knowledge transfer material etc.
- Troubleshoot interconnectivity issues including troubleshooting of network device configuration and low level application interaction.
- Identify and drive opportunities to repeatable tasks through creation and maintenance of scripts and tools.

A day in the life
We work with internal partners to develop and implement the next gen platforms
along with the tooling ecosystems to support with these platforms driving efficiency and scalability
through the automation of builds configuration deployment and the scaling of capacity. As our
network is one of the largest in the world there is no blue print at our scale allowing our engineers to
develop solutions to the complex challenges that we face daily. We encourage durable solutions that
look around corners while taking into consideration our customer needs from a cost performance and
reliability perspective. Our team develops tooling that provides the required visibility and control of
traffic across the network while prioritizing the automatic mitigation of events to minimize the impact
to our customers during events.
Work in a 24x7 team on call rotation with ability to drive into workplace for critical events/needs.
Manage customers during problem resolution and operating efficiently under pressure.
Sit at the computer during scheduled work hours with appropriate breaks while maintaining a high level of alertness and attention to detail.
Travel to data center/network sites and Amazon/customer offices as needed.


About the team
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- Experience in network fundamentals (DNS DHCP TCP/IP routing switching HTTP)
- Experience troubleshooting and identifying the root cause of issues
- Experience with automation or working with scripting languages like Python Java Perl PHP Ruby Bash Shell or equivalent
- Experience developing engineering deployment or operations mechanisms to support IP network and/or networking systems.
- 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.

- 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.
- Experience with one or more of the following routers server load balancer and firewall vendor platforms: Cisco Juniper Alcatel-Lucent Arista Brocade Extreme Citrix F5 Fortinet Palo Alto etc.

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