Lead Network Development Engineer - DDI, Network Platform Engineering

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

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Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $143,200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $247,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
Do you consider yourself one of the premier DNS, DHCP, and IPAM Network Engineers in the industry today? Would you like the opportunity to become even better and face unparalleled, yet fascinating challenges? The Network Platform Engineering team, part of World Wide Grocery Tech, is looking for a highly experienced DDI Network Development Engineer to drive the development, sustainability, and operations of our network systems and tooling. This position will collaborate with a team of like-minded engineers located around the world to shape the future of our data networks.

As a Lead DDI Network Development Engineer at Amazon, you will be responsible for architecture, design, and scaling to meet the growing demands of our customers worldwide.

Our ideal candidate is highly autonomous, possesses strong written and verbal communication skills, strong project management and time management skills and has a successful track record of designing effective, scalable solutions.

Key job responsibilities
* Be responsible for the design and build of the global network
* Drive innovation and simplification of network services to meet the demand of our customers
* Create simple processes and pipelines for end to end deployment and testing of network services
* Work closely with our engineering teams to help alleviate customer problems through self service network solutions
* Work on new scalable, reliable, and secure designs/solutions, bringing them from concept to in life operations
* Create and update our network standards and ensure that the network adheres these standards
* Review and implement changes on the network through automation and orchestration solutions
* Drive operational excellence projects to drive improvements in our network quality and reliability
* Troubleshoot complex problems and develop innovative solutions day to day on our network
* Work with a wide range of complex technologies including optical engineering
* Highly autonomous, possesses strong written and verbal communication skills, strong project management and time management skills
* Successful track record of designing simple, solutions and troubleshooting complex network problems and delivering innovative solutions
* The desire and ability to work in a fast paced, collaborative environment.

A day in the life
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