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Description

As a Network Development Engineer you will be responsible for building and operating the network infrastructure where you will learn the tools, services and components that the team relies upon every day. Through close collaboration, support and exchange of ideas, we share a common goal to serve our external customers, with seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own and deliver them.

If you are motivated and passionate about the work you do and care about delivering for your customers, and have a love for learning and working with new technologies, then we welcome you to join us. You will be working with the most advanced tools, processes and talented people in the industry to make the Cloud a reality.

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

A Network Development Engineer is responsible for engineering, implementation, scalability, operations, reliability, and sustainability of our next-generation networks. An NDE will utilise their networking skills along with our advanced tools and systems to invent, refine and develop automation and mechanisms to reduce manual operations. Our Engineers think at “Amazon scale” to solve problems in permanent, sustainable, and scalable ways, with an eye towards utilising the best solution over the quickest solution.

The work will include:

• Participating in network projects in the areas of network sustaining engineering, network deployment/implementation, network scaling, technology refresh, best practices application, and/or network optimization.

• Contributing to our operations function, responding to customer impact events and requests, troubleshooting, and fixing and improving the automation that runs our network.

• Analysing the network using tools and metrics to ensure it is operating correctly, safely and securely

• Investigating and solves straightforward technical problems, assists in fixing them so they don't come back.

• Creates, updates and improves team level operational metrics, monitors and processes.

• Delivering simple, straightforward, repeatable solutions and processes.

• Learning new and upcoming networking systems and developing ways of safely implementing them into our environment.

About the team

• Work with and learn from the best Networking Engineers in the world

• Get to develop, build and operate networks at the very largest scale, in an organisation that values its engineers and promotes innovation and ownership

• Be part of a unique team that’s dedicated to history-making programmes

• Start a career path in one of the largest and most successful tech companies with a near-endless opportunity to explore and grow

Diverse Experiences

AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture

Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship & Career Growth

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

London, GBR | Thames Valley, POST-BER, GBR

Basic Qualifications

• A relevant degree in a related technical discipline or equivalent experience in a large – scale network environment.

• Experience in a network focused hands-on technical role working with routing protocols/technologies and platforms in large scale data centre and/or WAN network environments.

• Knowledge & experience of Linux or other Unix operating systems and proficiency in scripting/programming with one or more of Python, Perl, Ruby, Shell, Java, etc.

• Experience in a technical on-call capacity, responding to customer impacting events, mitigating and root cause analysis of those events. Must be able to work in a 24x7 team on-call rotation, with ability to travel into the workplace for critical events/needs.

• Experience developing engineering, deployment, or operations mechanisms to support IP network and/or networking systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Thorough understanding of TCP/IP networking, IP routing, Server Load Balancing, and Network Security architecture and core technologies such as IP, TCP, OSPF/IS-IS, BGP, MPLS, Server Load Balancers, Firewalls, ACLs, DNS, DHCP, IPAM, LDAP, NFS, etc.

• Strong desire to build, ability to multitask, sense of ownership and urgency.

• Experience with Agile development methodologies and DevOps environments.

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need an adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please contact the Applicant-Candidate Accommodation Team (ACAT), Monday through Friday from 7:00 am GMT - 4:00 pm GMT. If calling directly from the United Kingdom, please dial +44 800 086 9884 (tel:+448000869884). If calling from Ireland, please dial +353 1800 851 489 (tel:+3531800851489).