Network Development Engineer, Data Center Life Cycle( DCLC)

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.

Within AWS Networking, the DC Life Cycle (DCLC) team owns the design and delivery of new network fabrics to refresh existing Data Centers, as well as the logical decommissioning of the obsolete network both in these refreshed Data Centers and in Data Centers selected for exit. We are looking for a Network Development Engineer III (NDE) to join our Data Center Life Cycle (DCLC) team.

• Key job responsibilities
• - Own the Network Engineering functions for programs like DC Build, DC refresh and Turndown.
• - Work with various network Fabric teams to design, and deliver HLDs, define process required for successful executions for these programs.
• - Execute these processes in projects and coordinate impacted network and infrastructure teams to ensure project success.
• - Ensure operational excellence, namely that all activities are done safely with no impact to customer traffic.
• - Define and implement automation required for the programs.

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Basic qualifications

• - Knowledge of IP networking fundamentals and extensive experience in the application of IP protocols
• - Knowledge of network analysis fundamentals and robust troubleshooting
• - Experience in major internet routing protocols, specifically BGP and OSPF
• - Experience with network operating systems such as Cisco IOS and Junos
• - Experience working in a Linux/Unix environment

Preferred qualifications

• - Knowledge of IT best practice frameworks (ITIL, COBIT) and operational excellence concepts or methodologies
• - Knowledge of network hardware and packet forwarding architectures
• - Experience with Unix and scripting in Perl, shell, C or C++
• - Experience working with customers to diagnose a problem and work towards resolution

• Acknowledgement of country:
• In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

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• 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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