Network Development Eng II, ADC Networking

Amazon • Herndon, VA

1d • $136,000 - $184,000 • Onsite

About The Position

As part of the Amazon Dedicated Cloud (ADC) Network Operations, you will play a key role in driving the stability and sustainability of next-generation IP networks that support the U.S. Intelligence Community. This role involves working with best-in-class Network Engineers to deliver simple, sustainable, and repeatable solutions and processes, and to drive complex issues to resolution. Leveraging your experience with network and Unix systems engineering, you will fully own and transform networking projects related to deployment, implementation, scaling, and/or optimization. You will also partner with the broader 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, as well as deploy and sustain networking software tools. AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure, supporting all AWS data centers and the equipment that ensures continual customer access to innovation.

Requirements

• Must be willing to support an off-hours operations escalation pager rotation.
• Experience dealing with customers during problem resolution and operating efficiently under pressure.
• The ability to sit in front of computer during scheduled work hours with appropriate breaks while maintaining a high level of alertness and attention to detail.
• Travel to data center/network sites and Amazon/customer offices as needed.
• Must be a US Citizen and obtain and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph.
• 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.
• Experience in a technical on-call capacity, responding to customer impacting events, mitigating and root cause analysis of those events, and experience developing engineering, deployment, or operations mechanisms to support IP network and/or networking systems.
• 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.
• Knowledge & experience of Linux or other Unix operating systems.
• Proficiency in scripting/programming with one or more of Python, Perl, Ruby, Shell, Java, etc.
• 4+ years of major internet routing protocols experience.
• 4+ years of working in a Linux/Unix environment experience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Agile development methodologies and DevOps environments.
• 1+ years of automation scripting using Python, Bash, Shell and/or Perl experience.

Responsibilities

• Play a key role in driving the stability and sustainability of next-generation IP networks that support the U.S. Intelligence Community.
• Work with Network Engineers to deliver simple, sustainable and repeatable solutions and processes.
• Drive complex issues to resolution.
• Fully own and transform networking projects relating to deployment, implementation, scaling, and/or optimization.
• Partner with the broader Infrastructure organization on configurations standards and tools.
• Collaborate with Systems and Software Engineers to ensure fast, smooth roll-out of new designs and products.
• Deploy and sustain networking software tools.
• Support an off-hours operations escalation pager rotation.

Benefits

• Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Sign-on payments
• Restricted stock units (RSUs)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level