Backbone Network Planner, AMER Backbone Network Development

Backbone Network Planner, AMER Backbone Network Development

Final date to receive applications:
Dec 29, 2025

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. 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.

• Act as the Americas (North America and South America) cross regional subject matter expert on topology change management and infrastructure demand planning.
• Collaboratively develop network infrastructure execution plans in partnership with Business Developers that involve leased wavelengths, dark fibre and submarine cable capacity/builds.
• Develop strategic regional backbone network plans for approval by internal customers and stakeholders, with a focus on short-, medium- and long-term needs.
• Work with network engineering to ensure that the highest degree of design consistency, network efficiency, cost optimization, and long-term scalability of the backbone network is delivered.
• Compile topology information and performance metrics and make recommendations for improvements based on their findings.
• Manage network change (migrations) as our network evolves to support increased traffic volumes and geographic expansion.
• Translate backbone and edge forecasts into actionable network infrastructure projects.
• Own network availability, performance and remediation plans to address non-compliance.
• Document the physical infrastructure of the rest of world backbone infrastructure.

• A Bachelor's Degree in an IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Minimum of 5-years telecommunications industry experience in a similar environment.
• Direct technical experience working in a company owning or operating long haul dark fiber networks and DWDM systems.
• Ability to demonstrate where they have influenced the planning, design, development, contracting, implementation, and operation of long-haul backbone networks.
• Extensive knowledge of IP peering ecosystems, fiber optic networks, submarine cables and the interconnection of these networks in order to obtain the highest availability for delivering online services globally.
• Demonstrated ability to formulate data driven decisions that lead to results.

• Experience working at a large network operator, OTT or Internet Service Provider.
• Experience with co-location ecosystem, and site selection and development for data-center and networking scaling and expansion projects.
• Demonstrated ability to anticipate customer requirements and development of strategic plans.
• Experience interacting with senior executives and other management within your own company and externally; and working across commercial, technical, domestic, and international arms of an organization.

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