Description
AWS Shield is looking to hire highly motivated, best-in-class Network Development Engineers for our Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Response Team to drive the security and stability of our network, while innovating the automation of our operations.
The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of technical leadership, success in autonomously and/or collaboratively driving complex issues to resolution, and an “automation first” mindset. The candidate can also demonstrate in-depth knowledge of network engineering and/or security, and be able to clearly communicate design best practices to customers to help them scale under load. They will have regularly demonstrated operational excellence in supporting a large-scale service provider or enterprise environment, including event management. As a technical leader, the candidate will manage complex stakeholder relationships, both technical and leadership. A love for working with new technologies and pushing the envelope on existing technology is essential!
This is an excellent opportunity to join Amazon’s world class technical teams, working with some of the best and brightest engineers, while developing your skills and furthering your career within one of the most innovative and progressive technology companies anywhere.
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Key job responsibilities
Network Development Engineers perform high quality network and/or systems operations, deployments, scaling, and optimization, while maintaining application best practices and interacting with both internal and external customers.
Work with Amazon customers and service teams to diagnose and respond to ongoing events
Partner with Amazon organizations to proactively assess their DDoS resilience and drive improvements
Identify and drive automation of repeatable tasks through the creation and/or evolution of scripts and tools
Drive improvements in our automated detection and mitigation systems from operational learnings
Develop quality metrics that surface recurring issues or inefficiencies, then drive them to resolution
Develop documentation and processes for recurring issues, operating procedures, or knowledge transfer
Advise leadership about new trends and/or ways to improve our DDoS resiliency
Effectively contribute towards hiring and developing others in the team
Participate in the team’s on-call rotation
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Seattle, WA, USA
Basic Qualifications
4+ years of major internet routing protocols experience
1+ years of automation scripting using Python, Bash, Shell and/or Perl experience
Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline or equivalent experience in a large–scale network environment.
4+ years of experience developing engineering, deployment, or operations mechanisms to support IP network and/or networking systems.
4+ years of experience in a technical on-call capacity, responding to customer impacting events, mitigating and root cause analysis of those events.
Preferred Qualifications
Thorough understanding of TCP/IP networking, IP routing, Server Load Balancing, Network Security architecture, and core technologies such as IP, TCP, BGP, Firewalls, ACLs, and DNS
Knowledge of network hardware and packet forwarding architectures.
Experience working in virtualized enterprise networking environments.
Software development/programming.
Must be comfortable working in a Linux/Unix environment.
Ability to work in and keep up with a fast-moving environment via effective prioritization and time management.
A relevant degree in a related technical discipline or equivalent experience in a large – scale network environment.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $113,200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $212,800/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. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.