Network Development Engineer II, DX Operations

About the role

The Core Networking team is looking for a Network Development Engineer to join our Network Fabric Engineering (NFE) team. As a Network Development Engineer, you will be responsible for building, deploying and scaling the Amazon networks that support AWS, customers, and other business units, across multiple global datacenters.

Responsibilities

• Create and implement changes on the network.
• Work closely with our automation teams in defining the tools that allow us to scale at a higher volume.
• Lead network projects in the areas of network sustaining engineering, network deployment/implementation, network scaling, technology refresh, best practices application, and/or network optimization.
• Sustain Amazon Web Services' next generation networks for significant AWS customers by providing critical network support to diagnose, mitigate impact, and resolve large-scale networking events.
• Operate and troubleshoot network routing, interconnectivity, platforms, performance, and configurations issues; including necessary low level application interaction, Unix systems, and new age networking software tools.
• Drive and support innovation from Top of Rack to the Network Border and everything in between.
• Partner with our broader Network/Infrastructure organization in the areas of network engineering, configurations standards, and tools.
• Work closely with our Network/Systems/Software Engineering teams to ensure fast, smooth roll-out of new designs and products, as well as assist with deployment and sustaining of networking software tools.
• Maintain standards across the networking toolset and ensure that we are fully compliant to those standards and policies.
• Deliver simple, sustainable and repeatable solutions and processes.
• Collaborate with highest tier escalation engineers/resolvers.
• Create and review documentation and process regarding network implementation/deployments, recurring issues, new standard operating procedures, knowledge transfer material, etc.

Requirements

• 4+ years of major internet routing protocols experience
• 3+ years of work in large-scale networking environments experience
• Experience with TCP/ICP networking fundamentals and application of IP protocols such as: DNS, DHCP, NTP, SMTP, and SNMP
• 4+ years of working in a Linux/Unix environment experience
• Experience in any of the following: Python, Java, Perl, PHP, Ruby, Bash, Shell or equivalent
• 4+ years of networking (such as DNS, DHCP, SSL, OSI Model, and TCP/IP) experience

Qualifications

• Experience in mentoring, leading, or managing more junior engineers
• Experience leading and influencing the data strategy of your team or organization
• Experience leading prioritization of tasks, team scheduling, time management, and meeting deadlines
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities
• Experience with network operating systems such as Cisco IOS and Junos
• Experience dealing effectively with customers during problem resolution and operating efficiently under pressure