Lab Technician II, Network Product Development

We are seeking a highly motivated best-in-class Network Technician to join our growing Network Product Development (NPD) team. This role is critical to AWSs mission of delivering world-class network infrastructure that powers data centers globally. You will be responsible for the physical deployment configuration maintenance and fiber connectivity for network engineering labs and testbeds across multiple facilities. These testbeds feature the fastest routers on Earthworking at the intersection of hardware development and operational excellence.

You will operate as a leader of these facilities and own all aspects from procurement and installation through decommissioning ensuring high availability security and operational excellence across the lab environment.

Key job responsibilities
- Deliver hardware installation configuration and fiber connectivity for testbeds featuring next-generation routers and hardware across different network engineering facilities
- Deploy turn up and decommission network devices
- Maintain a healthy test-ready environment by being proactive and resolving issues before they impact operations
- Respond to emergent requirements with agility and flexibility
- Work with minimum supervision to drive stability and sustainability of next-generation networks
- Set a high bar for lab availability and maintain highly available testbed environments
- Develop scripts and automation to reduce tedious and repetitive tasks
- Maintain high uptime through redundancy planning regular audits and comprehensive walkthroughs
- Partner closely with internal customers and external vendors to facilitate smooth project execution alongside Technical Program Managers
- Contribute inputs to the development and innovation of network engineering labs next-generation routers and in-house built tooling
- Develop innovative ways to automate and improve network infrastructure operations
- Refine operational procedures using established best practices and develop new tooling
- Think proactively and innovatively to improve deployment methodologies

A day in the life
You start your day by examining lab health dashboards and triaging any issues from the previous nights test runs. From there you may respond to lab ticketssetting up and configuring additional testbeds examining and triaging fiber links or deep diving flaky test failures. On any given day you could be running cabling to racks performing facility walkthroughs verifying inventory stock or placing procurement orders. Throughout it all you work closely with world-class engineers to design and deliver custom testbeds used to develop and validate the fastest routers on Earth.

- Bachelors degree or equivalent in a related technical field
- 2 years of data center engineering experience
- 1 years of network troubleshooting and support experience
- 1 years of project management experience
- 1 year of linux experience
- 1 years of fiber and optical module experience

- 3 years of data center engineering experience
- 3 years of networking (such as DNS DHCP SSL OSI Model and TCP/IP) experience
- 2 years of leadership experience
- 3 years of technical program management experience

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at WA Kent - 26.00 - 46.00 USD hourly