Sr. Network Develoopment Engineer UAE Nationals Only, AWS Backbone

Amazon; Dubai; On-site; AED 400,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services in Dubai seeks a Senior Network Development Engineer to design and architect networks supporting global connectivity and scalable infrastructure. You will influence cross-functional teams and drive high-availability solutions across regions.

The role focuses on routing protocols, traffic engineering, and design excellence, contributing to the resilience of AWSs global backbone and customer connectivity. UAE national with family book eligibility applies.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of automation scripting (Python, Bash, Shell, Perl).
• 8+ years of major internet routing protocols experience (BGP, OSPF, etc.).
• 5+ years in a Linux/Unix environment.
• Experience with debugging/troubleshooting of large-scale networks.
• Experience with global network infrastructure design and capacity planning.
• Expertise in traffic engineering and routing policy development.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect network topologies to support Amazons global connectivity requirements.
• Develop and defend high-level design documents for network infrastructure.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to influence technology roadmaps.
• Construct test and validate network solutions that anticipate future needs.
• Serve as a technical escalation point for network operations teams.

Skills

Automation scripting

BGP/OSPF

Linux/Unix

Traffic engineering

Routing policy

Global network design

Job description

Revolutionize Global Connectivity at Amazon Web Services

AWS have an exciting Senior Network Development Engineer opportunity in Dubai available for a UAE national with family book. AWS are committed to contributing towards the UAEs goal of employing 75000 Emiratis in the private sector and Ministerial Resolution No.279.

Join our AWS Networking team and become a critical architect of the worlds most complex and resilient network infrastructure. Youll design network solutions that connect millions of users and services globally pushing the boundaries of technological innovation and scalability.

Within Networking were confronting and solving complex and high-stake challenges. Our teams support all aspects of connectivity to/from Amazon and the outside world as well as the connectivity between Amazons data centers and services. As a member of one our network engineering teams you will play a part in designing and architecting networks that simply cannot fail must scale infinitely and can never constrain growth or innovation.

About AIS

AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS) owns the design planning delivery and operation of all AWS global other words were the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers storage networking power and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain and were looking for talented people who want to help.

Youll join a diverse team of software hardware and network engineers supply chain specialists security experts operations managers and other vital roles. Youll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And youll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

Key job responsibilities

• Design and architect network topologies that support Amazons global connectivity requirements
• Develop and defend high-level design documents for network infrastructure
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to influence technology roadmaps
• Construct test and validate network solutions that anticipate future technological needs
• Serve as a technical escalation point for network operations teams.

Overall

As a Network Development Engineer at Amazon your core job responsibility is to design network topologies architectures and services that solve for many requirements. We listen to our customers (both internal and external) but we also listen to our teams. Our Engineers contribute materially to each teams roadmap and constantly help us to determine whats most important. Together you and your leadership team will decide on the projects that best support your teams mission. You will have the resources and time necessary to understand scope and deliver these solutions. The primary area of responsibility you and your team will have is to design ahead of customer or technology needs always predicting and solving for problems that have not yet occurred. This takes the form of creating and defending High Level Design (HLD) documents working with vendors or internal stakeholders to influence technology roadmaps constructing and testing your solutions and providing support to the teams that will deploy and operate these designs. Our teams also serve as technical escalation points in support of our very talented operations teams.

A day in the life

Your day will be a dynamic blend of strategic design collaborative problem-solving and technical innovation. Youll engage in creating network architectures that support Amazons global infrastructure working closely with cross-functional teams to develop connectivity solutions. Expect to dive deep into routing protocols traffic engineering and network design challenges that have never been solved before.

About the team

This opportunity sits within our Border Network organization where the team is responsible for designing the networks connecting Amazon directly to the outside world (including the Internet peers and external customers) evolving the global backbone that interconnects our Regions as well as partnering with our internal customers. Engineers in this organization define routing policy design and implement Traffic Engineering solutions as well as architect the hardware platforms and network design to support internal and external connectivity. We move terabits of traffic in and out of our networks each day and are responsible for the ingress and egress points of traffic entering and leaving Amazon as well as the entirety of all internal and customer traffic that rides our global backbone. Engineers on this team make day-to-day and strategic decisions that carry a huge amount of responsibility and impact.

Why AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the worlds most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating thats why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Why AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the worlds most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating thats why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home theres nothing we cant achieve.

Inclusive Team Culture

Here at AWS its in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship and Career Growth

Were continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earths Best Employer. Thats why youll find endless knowledge-sharing mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

• 3 years of automation scripting using Python Bash Shell and/or Perl experience
• 8 years of major internet routing protocols experience
• 5 years of working in a Linux/Unix environment experience
• Experience with general troubleshooting/debugging of hardware or experience debugging profiling and implementing best software engineering practices in large-scale systems
• Experience with global network infrastructure design
• Expertise in traffic engineering and routing policy development

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Required Experience

Senior IC