Wireless Network Dev Engineer, Corporate Network Engineering

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

Amazon Corporate Network Engineering team owns the design planning and delivery of all Amazon corporate office network other words were the people who keep the keep all the Amazon offices connected. We work on the most challenging problems with thousands of variables impacting the Amazonian productivity and were looking for talented people who want to help.
Youll join a diverse team of software hardware and network engineers security experts operations managers and other vital roles. Youll collaborate with people across Amazon 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.

Youll join a diverse team of network Security wireless and automation engineers along side program and engineering manager and other vital roles. Youll collaborate with people across Amazon to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing high available office network 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.

The Corporate Network Engineering Organization is looking for a Network Development Engineer to join our Core Engineering team. Network Development Engineers partner with our broader corporate network Infrastructure organization on configurations standards and tools and collaborate with Systems and Software Engineers to ensure fast smooth roll-out of new designs and products and also deploy and sustain networking software tools.

Key job responsibilities
Wireless Network Development Engineers 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.
Design and build innovative multi-vendor data connectivity solutions to support Amazons growth worldwide.
Drive scaling current network designs to meet the demand of our customers
Work with vendors and cross-functional teams for on-going design efforts and systems support.
Work closely with our internal customers to help alleviate their problems and ensure our network continues to meet their demands
Drive operational excellence projects to drive improvements in our network quality and reliability
Work closely with our teams to assist in defining the tools we require
Create simple processes that help operate and build our network


A day in the life
Engineers in Corporate Network Engineering organization have a wide range
of responsibilities: 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.
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.

About the team
As a part of Corporate Network Engineering team we are responsible for Corporate offices design and Edge Network which connects 500 remote offices to the Enterprise core network as well as into AWS cloud. We own the network standards deployment mechanisms automation and delivery of large programs including AWS VPC transit gateway based networks that connect our traditional networks to Native AWS.

- 4 years of major internet routing protocols experience
- 4 years of working in a Linux/Unix environment experience
- 4 years experience of hands-on technical engineering experience in large scale data center and/or WAN network environments.
- 4 years experience and knowledge of at least one vendors Wireless hardware - Access Points Wireless Controllers or Wireless client bridge and IEEE .11 standards including .11n .11ac and .11ax
- 1 years of experience in automation via Bash/shell scripting and Perl/Python programming.

- 1 years of automation scripting using Python Bash Shell and/or Perl experience
- Knowledge of wireless security - .1x RADIUS WPA2 EAP-TLS PSK general PKI concepts
- Knowledge of RF /Survey RF Planning and Optimization.
- Experience with 3G/4G/WiMax a plus
- Aruba ACDX or CCIE Wireless a plus

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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 VA Herndon - 136000.00 - 184000.00 USD annually