Amazon Network Development Engineer ESC 

Ireland, Dublin 

475819617

As a Network Development Engineer you will be responsible for building and operating the network infrastructure where you will learn the tools, services and components that the team relies upon every day. Through close collaboration, support and exchange of ideas, we share a common goal to serve our external customers, with seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own and deliver them.Key job responsibilities
- Leading network projects in the areas of network sustaining engineering, network deployment/implementation, network scaling, technology refresh, best practices application, and/or network optimization- Analysing the network using tools and metrics to ensure it is operating correctly, safely and securely
- Investigating technical issues scientifically and thoroughly, and assist in fixing complex problems so they don't come back- Delivering sustainable and repeatable solutions and processes, optimising and removing bottlenecks
- Understanding new and upcoming networking systems and developing ways of safely implementing them into our environmentA day in the life
An NDE is responsible for ensuring all network fabrics and devices are operating as expected. An NDE will utilise their networking skills along with available tools and services to troubleshoot and resolve any issues that have not been remediated through automation and to identify the root cause. They are expected to invent, refine and develop new automation and tools to reduce manual operations and fulfil the requirements of the business and customers.- Get to develop, build and operate networks at the very largest scale, in an organisation that values its engineers and promotes innovation and ownershipWork/Life Balance
Mentorship and Career Growth
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.Diverse Experiences
Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

- A relevant degree in a related technical discipline or equivalent experience in a large-scale network environment.
- Experience in a network focused hands-on technical role working with routing protocols/technologies and platforms in large scale data centre and/or Wide Area Networking (WAN) environments.
- Experience developing engineering, deployment, or operations mechanisms to support IP networking systems and experience in a technical on-call capacity, responding to customer impacting events, mitigating and root cause analysis of those events.
- Knowledge & experience of interacting with many network devices at a time through any of networking configuration tools, Infrastructure as Code or scripting.
- This role requires you to be a national of an EU member state.

- Thorough understanding of TCP/IP networking, routing, and Network Security architecture and core technologies such as IP, TCP, OSPF, BGP, MPLS, load balancers, firewalls, ACLs, DNS, DHCP, IP address management.
- Knowledge & experience of Linux or other Unix operating systems
- Understands different networking hardware and packet forwarding architectures
- Proficiency in scripting/programming with one or more of Python (preferred), Perl, Ruby, Shell, Java, etc.