Network Development Engineer

$127,400 - $212,800/Yr

Amazon - Cupertino, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Cupertino, CA

5,001-10,000 employees

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About the position

The Network Development Engineer role at AWS involves utilizing network and Unix systems engineering to create sustainable and repeatable solutions for next-generation IP networks. This position is crucial for maintaining the stability and efficiency of AWS's global infrastructure, supporting data centers, and ensuring customers have continuous access to cloud services. The role requires collaboration with a diverse team to deliver high standards of safety and security while optimizing network performance and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Perform high quality network and/or systems operations, deployments, scaling, and technology refresh.
• Create and implement changes on the network.
• Work closely with automation teams to define scaling tools.
• Lead network projects in sustaining engineering, deployment, scaling, and optimization.
• Provide critical network support to diagnose and resolve large-scale networking events.
• Operate and troubleshoot network routing, interconnectivity, and performance issues.
• Drive and support innovation across the network infrastructure.
• Partner with the broader Network/Infrastructure organization on engineering and configuration standards.
• Collaborate with engineering teams for smooth roll-out of new designs and products.
• Maintain compliance with networking standards and policies.
• Deliver simple, sustainable, and repeatable solutions and processes.
• Create and review documentation regarding network implementations and procedures.

Requirements

• 4+ years experience in a network-focused technical role with IP routing protocols in large scale data center or WAN environments.
• 4+ years experience developing engineering, deployment, or operations mechanisms for IP networks.
• 4+ years experience in a technical on-call capacity for customer impacting events.
• 1+ years of experience in automation via Bash/shell scripting and Perl/Python programming.

Nice-to-haves

• Thorough understanding of TCP/IP networking, IP routing, and Network Security architecture.
• Experience with router, server load balancer, and firewall vendor platforms such as Cisco, Juniper, and Palo Alto.
• In-depth knowledge of networking and/or systems technologies.
• Knowledge of network hardware and packet forwarding architectures.
• Desire to learn scripting skills, specifically in Python, Perl, or Shell.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health insurance coverage
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Paid time off and holidays
• Employee discounts
• Tuition reimbursement
• Professional development opportunities