We are looking for an exceptional Network Development Engineer (NDE) to join us to define and build the next generation of the AWS Direct Connect service. This position will provide senior technical expertise; designing and inventing the future of the network underlying our AWS Direct Connect service.
First, a bit of background:
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.
The AWS Direct Connect team delivers solutions that make it easy for customers to establish a dedicated network connection from their premises to the AWS cloud. These connections help to reduce network costs, increase bandwidth throughput, and provide a more consistent network experience than Internet-based connections.
For this role, we are seeking a Network Development Engineer to work in our Direct Connect Network Engineering organization. This team is responsible for designing all aspects of the global network fabric for the AWS Direct Connect service. Engineers in this organization define the hardware platforms, physical topologies, routing architectures and software control systems for these networks. Engineers on this team make day-to-day and strategic decisions that carry a huge amount of responsibility and impact. If you’re up the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!
We are inventing the networks of the future so our engineers require a deep background in network hardware, routing protocols and designing large scale networks. The ideal candidate for this team would have a knowledge of ASICs, optics and router system design as well as extensive experience designing and implementing routings protocols such BGP and OSPF. We’re interested in engineers with experience having designed, operated, and implemented networks of very large scale. We’re looking for those who have pushed platforms and protocols to their limits.
In addition to fundamental Networking skills our engineers must have Linux experience and background in network automation. SDN is a reality at Amazon and our networks are designed to be fully managed and operated via software systems. Some proficiency in programming is required.
Key job responsibilities
Sr Network Development Engineers design, build, and maintain our high quality network to meet our high bar of scale, reliability, performance, and maintainability.
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.
A day in the life
A Sr Network Development Engineer in AWS Direct Connect own the architecture to create a highly scalable and reliable global network. They
work closely with our product team to help define the customer experience of Direct Connect and other AWS network related products. They influence AWS network infrastructure organizations to ensure the network fabric supports Direct Connect's requirements. On a given day, our engineers may be defining our routing policies in support of a new feature, testing changes before we release them to production, diving deep to understand an issue in our network, proposing new ideas to make our network more reliable or easier to manage, or working with leadership to create the vision for our service.
About the team
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.
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