Network Development Manager, AWS Direct Connect

Amazon; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Direct Connect is seeking a Network Development Manager to lead a global team of network development engineers and technical program managers. You will partner with Infrastructure, Systems, and Software Eng teams to build, scale, and deploy new network designs and tooling while driving reliability and automation.

The role requires strong leadership, deep networking experience, and the ability to recruit, mentor, and grow a high-performing team in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• 4+ years of managing teams experience.
• 5+ years of engineering experience.
• 8+ years of technology role experience.
• Experience with network operations either as a manager or individual contributor.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of globally distributed network engineers and technical program managers supporting Amazon’s network infrastructure.
• Drive continual improvement in systems operations through tool building and iterative improvement.
• Partner with Engineering and Operational teams to ensure high availability and uptime of the AWS Direct Connect Network.
• Define and drive projects that improve efficiency in day-to-day tasks (or automate them away completely), identifying key metrics that reflect the success of those projects, and reporting on their progress.
• Manage a highly technical team, and develop a deep knowledge of your area in order to propose new designs for wider review.
• Effectively define, analyze, and evolve key performance metrics to measure engineer and team performance and drive service improvements.
• Collaborate with customers and partners to bring new services into production
• Operate in a rapidly evolving environment, adapt quickly to new information, and re-prioritize as needed.
• Pro‑actively identify resource needs, participate in recruiting efforts, and hiring to grow the team.
• Responsible for people management of a team of engineers, providing performance reviews, continual feedback, coaching and career growth.

Skills

Team management

Engineering experience

Technology leadership

Network operations experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

The AWS Direct Connect organization is looking for a Network Development Manager to join Network Deployment and Capacity Engineering team. As part of this role, a successful candidate will be responsible for managing one of our global teams that owns building and scaling our network. Direct reports will include Network Development Engineers and Technical Program Managers who partner with our broader Infrastructure organization on configurations standards and tools, and collaborate with Systems and Software Engineers to ensure fast, smooth roll‑out of new designs and products, and also deploy and sustain networking software tools.

The AWS Direct Connect team delivers solutions that make it easy for customers to establish a dedicated network connection from their premises to the AWS cloud. These connections help to reduce network costs, increase bandwidth throughput, and provide a more consistent network experience than Internet-based connections. AWS Direct Connect is currently available in more than 100 locations, which span nearly 70 cities in 30 different countries.

If you like to work with new technologies, optimizing existing technology, and have experience participating in network/systems support for a large-scale enterprise or service provider environment, we would like to meet you. Your work will play a key role in driving the stability and sustainability of next-generation IP networks.

Key job responsibilities

• Lead a team of globally distributed network engineers and technical program managers supporting Amazon’s network infrastructure.
• Drive continual improvement in systems operations through tool building and iterative improvement.
• Partner with Engineering and Operational teams to ensure high availability and uptime of the AWS Direct Connect Network.
• Define and drive projects that improve efficiency in day-to-day tasks (or automate them away completely), identifying key metrics that reflect the success of those projects, and reporting on their progress.
• Manage a highly technical team, and develop a deep knowledge of your area in order to propose new designs for wider review.
• Effectively define, analyze, and evolve key performance metrics to measure engineer and team performance and drive service improvements.
• Collaborate with customers and partners to bring new services into production
• Operate in a rapidly evolving environment, adapt quickly to new information, and re-prioritize as needed.
• Pro‑actively identify resource needs, participate in recruiting efforts, and hiring to grow the team.
• Responsible for people management of a team of engineers, providing performance reviews, continual feedback, coaching and career growth.

A day in the life

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

About the team

About AWS

Diverse Experiences

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Why AWS

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

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Basic Qualifications

• 4+ years of managing teams experience
• 5+ years of engineering experience
• 8+ years of technology role experience
• Experience with network operations either as a manager or individual contributor

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field
• Experience contributing to the creation and implementation of high-quality, high-volume recruiting plans
• Experience contributing to the definition and implementation of automation opportunities within an operations environment
• Experience representing your team or technical area to senior management

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IDE statement:

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