Network Development Engineer, Corporate Network Engineering

Network Development Engineer

Do you like to use network and Unix systems engineering to deliver simple, sustainable and repeatable solutions? Would you like to play a key role in driving the stability and sustainability of next-generation IP networks? Amazon Corporate Network Engineering team owns the design, planning, and delivery of all Amazon corporate office network infrastructure. In other words, we're the people who keep all the Amazon offices connected. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the Amazonian productivity — and we're looking for talented people who want to help.

You'll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You'll collaborate with people across Amazon to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing high available office network 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.

The Corporate Network Engineering Organization is looking for a Network Development Engineer to join our Core Engineering team. Network Development Engineers partner with our broader corporate network Infrastructure organization on configurations standards and tools, and collaborate with Systems and Software Engineers to ensure fast, smooth roll-out of new designs and products, and also deploy and sustain networking software tools. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. We not only celebrate the diversity of our workforce, we celebrate the diverse ways we work.

Key job responsibilities as a Network Development Engineer working within Amazon Corporate Network include:

• Automating the deployment of network devices gateways using infrastructure as a code across all of our network fabrics using automation such as CDK, Python.
• Being responsible for automating the deployment of network infrastructure across all of our network fabrics that supports AWS services.
• Being responsible for designing and maintaining the next generation of Security/Edge network using Cloud based technologies such as AWS CloudWAN, Transit Gateway, NAT gateways, ANF, DX Gateways, Lambda and other virtual Gateways to serve 500+ offices.
• Deploying, scaling and automating our network across many Office and CPOP locations. This includes existing footprints and new locations.
• Working closely with our automation teams in defining the platforms and frameworks that allow us to scale at unprecedented volume.
• Creating and reviewing documentation and process regarding network implementation/deployments, recurring issues, new standard operating procedures, knowledge transfer material, etc.
• Leading design, network/code and security reviews across teams to identify risks and prevent classes of bugs prior to production release.

A day in the life of Engineers in Corporate Network Engineering organization includes:

• Working with internal partners to develop and implement the next gen platforms along with the tooling ecosystems to support with these platforms driving efficiency and scalability through the automation of builds, configuration deployment, and the scaling of capacity.
• Developing solutions to the complex challenges that we face daily, encouraging durable solutions that look around corners while taking into consideration our customer needs from a cost, performance, and reliability perspective.
• Developing tooling that provides the required visibility and control of traffic across the network, while prioritizing the automatic mitigation of events to minimize the impact to our customers.
• Working in a 24x7 team on call rotation, with ability to drive into workplace for critical events/needs.
• Managing customers during problem resolution and operating efficiently under pressure.
• Sitting at the computer during scheduled work hours with appropriate breaks while maintaining a high level of alertness and attention to detail.

About the team: As a part of Amazon Corporate Network Automation, we are responsible for Edge Network which connects 500+ remote offices to the Core network as well as into AWS cloud. We own the network standards, deployment mechanisms, automation and delivery of large programs, including AWS VPC transit gateway based networks that connect our traditional networks to Native AWS. We also own writing the automation for automatic deployment of configuration and Operating systems to scale of 10k's of devices in the Enterprise network.