Amazon

DESCRIPTION

The Infrastructure Standards team plays a crucial role in developing and maintaining deployment standards, best practices, and automation frameworks that are used by thousands of engineers worldwide. We blend technical expertise with real-world operational experience to build robust, repeatable, and secure deployment patterns that accelerate our business capabilities while maintaining operational excellence.

As an Infrastructure Standards Engineer, you will:

• Design and develop standardized deployment patterns and frameworks for global infrastructure implementations
• Create and maintain technical documentation and guidance for deployment teams worldwide
• Collaborate with multiple engineering teams to understand their deployment needs and challenges
• Drive continuous improvement in deployment processes and methodologies
• Provide technical consultation and support to deployment teams adopting new standards
• Partner with security, compliance, and operations teams to ensure standards meet all requirements The ideal candidate will bring:

Strong understanding of infrastructure-as-code principles and tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.) Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills Ability to influence and drive technical decisions across multiple teams Strong communication skills and ability to create clear technical documentation Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and modern deployment technologies You should be comfortable with ambiguity and excited about solving complex technical challenges at scale. You'll work closely with teams across different time zones and cultures, requiring excellent collaboration skills and flexibility in working hours when needed.

This role offers the opportunity to:

Shape the future of our global infrastructure deployment strategy Work with technologies and methodologies Influence best practices across a large engineering organization Build solutions that impact thousands of engineers and systems worldwide Grow your technical and leadership skills in a fast-paced environment

Key job responsibilities

1. Network Design & Implementation

• Design and implement network infrastructure solutions
• Create and maintain network architecture diagrams
• Ensure network redundancy and high availability

2. Performance Management

• Monitor network performance and capacity
• Conduct network performance analysis and optimization

3. Operations & Maintenance

• Troubleshoot network issues and outages
• Perform routine network maintenance and updates
• Manage network hardware lifecycle
• Configure and maintain network equipment (routers, switches, load balancers)

4. Documentation & Standards

• Create and maintain network documentation
• Develop standard operating procedures
• Define network deployment standards
• Document network changes and configurations

5. Collaboration & Support

• Work with cross-functional teams on infrastructure projects
• Provide technical guidance to other teams
• Participate in on-call rotation for network support
• Support incident response and problem resolution

6. Compliance & Governance

• Ensure network compliance with security policies
• Maintain network inventory and asset management
• Participate in audit preparations
• Implement network-related compliance controls

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 3+ years of technical support experience
• Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent
• Experience troubleshooting and debugging technical systems

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with network operating systems such as Cisco IOS and JUNOS.
• Experience working in a Linux/Unix environment.
• Experience working with device technologies under development, familiarity with flashing firmware, basic device debugging and familiarity with reading/pulling device logs.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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