Optical Network Development Engineer, Core Networking; AWS

Optical Network Development Engineer, Core Networking

Job  | Amazon Data Services, Inc.

If you like to work with new technologies and optimizing existing technology, have experience participating in network/systems support for a large-scale enterprise or service provider environment, we would like to meet you. Your work will play a key role in driving the stability and sustainability of next‑generation IP networks.

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. We support all AWS data centers, servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We tackle 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 across AWS to deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. You will experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

• Perform high quality network and/or systems operations, deployments, scaling, technology refresh, sustaining engineering, best practices application, optimization, and internal/external customer interactions.
• Create and implement changes on the network.
• Work closely with automation teams in defining the tools that allow us to scale at higher volume.
• Lead network projects in the areas of network sustaining engineering, network deployment/implementation, network scaling, technology refresh, best practices application, and/or network optimization.
• Sustain AWS’s next generation networks for significant customers by providing critical network support to diagnose, mitigate impact, and resolve large‑scale networking events.
• Operate and troubleshoot network routing, interconnectivity, platforms, performance, and configuration issues; including necessary low‑level application interaction, Unix systems, and new‑age networking software tools.
• Drive and support innovation from Top of Rack to the Network Border and everything in between.
• Partner with the broader Network/Infrastructure organization in network engineering, configuration standards, and tools.
• Work closely with Network/Systems/Software Engineering teams to ensure fast, smooth roll‑out of new designs and products, and assist with deployment and sustaining of networking software tools.
• Maintain standards across the networking toolset and ensure compliance with those standards and policies.
• Deliver simple, sustainable and repeatable solutions and processes.
• Collaborate with highest tier escalation engineers/resolvers.
• Create and review documentation and processes regarding network implementation/deployments, recurring issues, new standard operating procedures, and knowledge transfer material.

Engineers in the Core Networking team cover all activities related to hardware and software development, cross‑platforms and software integration, and transition to production for both in‑house commodity and OEM optical platforms. From lifecycle support, they handle day‑to‑day operations on‑call, sustaining engineering, operational load automation and reduction, product and network security, network data integrity, availability assurance (SRLG monitoring), and improvement (OLP, RFTS), plus fiber infrastructure and vendor performance management.

Our engineers not only make day‑to‑day decisions but also own the long‑term strategic view, building strong partnerships with customers to understand their immediate and future needs.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science.
• 4+ years of experience with the rollout and maintenance of large DWDM networks and optical network technologies.
• 4+ years of experience with optical planning and modeling tools.
• 4+ years of experience with optical network design and troubleshooting.
• 1+ year of professional…