Job Title: Advanced Network Development Specialist
Job Summary:
The Core Networking team is looking for an Optical Network Development Engineer to join our Network Product Development (NPD) team. This role involves building, deploying and scaling the Amazon networks that support AWS, customers, and other business units, across multiple global data centers.
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform high-quality network and/or systems operations, deployments, scaling, technology refresh, sustaining engineering, best practices application, optimization, internal/external customer interactions, and produce appropriate technical documentation.
- Collaborate with vendors/manufacturers to evaluate new hardware and software features. Create implementations plans for incorporating them into the network.
- Automate optical test plans and qualify optical modules.
- Collaborate with vendors/manufactures in defining and developing test plans for Optical Modules.
- Work with network operations team in identifying operation issues and improving quality and RMA process.
A Day in the Life:
Engineers in the InterDC Optical services team have a wide range of responsibilities. In terms of product development and delivery, it covers 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 the lifecycle support perspective, includes day-to-day operations on-call, sustaining engineering, operational load automation and reduction, product and network security, network data integrity and authoritativeness, availability assurance (SRLG monitoring) and improvement (OLP, RFTS) and fiber infrastructure and vendor performance management.
About the Team:
We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.