Amazon Optical Network Development Engineer in Dublin, Ireland
Description
The Core Networking team is looking for a Network Development Engineer to join our Inter-DC & Optical 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.
AWS Core Networking is focused on building Data Centers and the network that allows Data Centers to function efficiently. We own the solutions that allow racks to be aggregated and Data Centers to be interconnected. Core Networking's goal is to balance efficiency, performance and reliability to allow customers access to their applications and data.
If you like to work with new technologies and optimizing existing technology, and have experience participating in network/systems support for a large-scale enterprise or service provider environment, we would like to meet you. Your work will 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 infrastructure. In other words, we’re 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 we’re looking for talented people who want to help.
You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles.
You’ll 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 you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.
Key job responsibilities:
1. Network Development Engineers perform high quality network and/or systems planning, deployments, scaling, technology refresh, sustaining engineering, best practices application, optimization, internal/external customer interactions, and produce appropriate technical documentation.
2. Create and implement changes on the network.
3. Work closely with our automation teams in defining the tools that allow us to scale at higher volume.
4. Lead network projects in the areas of network sustaining engineering, network deployment/implementation, network scaling, technology refresh, best practices application, and/or network optimization.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Maintain standards across the networking toolset and ensure that we are fully compliant to those standards and policies.
8. Deliver simple, sustainable and repeatable solutions and processes.
9. Collaborate with highest tier escalation engineers/resolvers.
10. Create and review documentation and process regarding network implementation/deployments, recurring issues, new standard operating procedures, knowledge transfer material, etc.
Basic Qualifications:
1. A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
2. Experience with the rollout of large DWDM networks and Optical network technologies.
3. Experience with optical planning and modelling tools.
4. Professional development experience with Python or similar tool for network automation scripting.
Preferred Qualifications:
1. Excellent network analysis fundamentals and robust troubleshooting skills.
2. Good working knowledge of IP networking fundamentals.
3. Strong Unix skills and the ability to script/program in a language are desirable.
4. Meets/exceeds Amazon’s leadership principles requirements for this role.
5. Meets/exceeds Amazon’s functional/technical depth and complexity for this role.
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