Senior Network Development Engineer, Kuiper Enterprise Network Infrastructure

Amazon • Arlington, VA

7h • Onsite

About The Position

Amazon Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission
is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the
world, and we’ve designed the system with the capacity, flexibility, and
performance to serve a wide range of customers, from individual households to
schools, hospitals, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations
operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

Export Control Requirement:
Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S.
citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder),
or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

As a Senior Network Development Engineer, you will drive the operational
strategy and excellence of Kuiper's global network infrastructure. You will lead
critical programs across manufacturing facilities, research labs, launch sites,
and mission operations centers, while developing and mentoring a team of network
development engineers to ensure operational excellence at scale.

A day in the life
Your day begins reviewing network monitoring alerts across manufacturing
facilities and mission operations centers. You'll analyze traffic patterns and
capacity needs for the factory floor while planning network expansion for new
lab spaces. You will participate in the deployment of network solutions for
upcoming launch sites, contract manufacturing partners, and testing facilities.
You will coordinate with vendors on WAN circuit installations, troubleshoot
routing issues affecting production systems, and mentor team members on complex
network deployments. You'll participate in change management meetings, schedule
maintenance windows, and document network modifications. Throughout the day,
you'll handle escalations from manufacturing teams, validate network security
controls, and ensure high availability across all sites. The role requires
balancing immediate operational needs with strategic planning and improvement of
processes and procedures in order to maintain network reliability for
mission-critical operations.

This is an on-site role that requires employees to work from the company's
office 5 days per week. Remote work is not an option for this position. The role
will include up to 25% of business travel.

Requirements

• 5+ years of automation scripting using Python, Bash, Shell and/or Perl experience
• 8+ years of major internet routing protocols experience
• 5+ years of working in a Linux/Unix environment experience

Nice To Haves

• Experience with AWS and AWS networking products such as Direct Connect and Transit Gateway

Responsibilities

• Lead the deployment and ongoing maintenance of complex network solutions in manufacturing and lab environments
• Drive operational excellence programs across multiple sites and network domains
• Lead incident management for highest severity network events
• Establish best practices for network operations across global facilities
• Create and own operational readiness programs for new site deployments
• Lead root cause analysis for complex, multi-system operational issues
• Develop and execute operational improvement roadmaps
• Build and lead programs for team training and skill development
• Serve as the primary escalation point for critical network operational issues
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure network reliability for mission-critical operations

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed