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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 the 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 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

You'll join a diverse team of network, Security, wireless and automation engineers, along side program and engineering manager, 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.
Key job responsibilities
As a Network Development Engineer working within AWS Infrastructure you will:
Be responsible for designing the next generation of SDWAN/Edge network using Cloud based technologies such as Transit Gateway,NAT gateways , ANF, DX Gateways, Lambda and other virtual Gateways to serve 500+ remote offices.
Automating the deployment of network devices gateways using infrastructure as a code across all of our network fabrics using automation such as CDK, Python.

Deploy, scale and automate our network across many global POP locations and multiple AWS regions. This includes existing footprints and new locations.
Create simple, repeatable deployment processes, and improve upon existing processes.
Work closely with our Network/Systems/Software Engineering teams to ensure fast, smooth roll-out of new designs and products, as well as, assist with deployment and sustaining of networking software tools.
Create and update our network standards and ensure that the network is deployed to these standards.
Work closely with our automation teams in defining the platforms and frameworks that allow us to scale at unprecedented volume.
Create and review documentation and process regarding network. implementation/deployments, recurring issues, new standard operating procedures, knowledge transfer material, etc.
Leads 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
Engineers in Corporate Network Engineering organization have a wide range
of responsibilities: we work 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

As our
network is one of the largest in the world, there is no blue print at our scale allowing our engineers to
develop solutions to the complex challenges that we face daily. We encourage durable solutions that
look around corners while taking into consideration our customer needs from a cost, performance, and
reliability perspective. Our team develops 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.
Work in a 24x7 team on call rotation, with ability to drive into workplace for critical events/needs.
Manage customers during problem resolution and operating efficiently under pressure.
Sit 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 Corporate Network Engineering team, we are responsible for Edge Network which connects 500+ remote offices to the Enterprise 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.
The current edge/CPOP of Amazon office network uses hardware based Cisco Firewall Thread Defence (FTD),Cisco ASA and are connected to AWS VPC using AWS Direct Connect and Transit gateways. The current hardware based Edge network has challenges to availability, monitoring, scaling as we grow in terms of the number of offices.
We are thinking of building the next generation SDWAN solution or cloud based edge network using AWS technologies such as NAT gateways, ANF, Load balancers and help connect the offices directly using IPSEC or DX site-links.