Network Support Engineer, OISL

Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Leo in Redmond seeks a Network Support Engineer to help build and operate the NetOps tooling, automation, and monitoring for a vast laser communication network. You will work with engineers to improve laser link reliability and participate in on-call incident response.

You will contribute to operational readiness as the constellation scales, collaborating across teams to automate workflows and support end-to-end network operations.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of technical support experience.
• Experience scripting in modern programming languages.
• Experience troubleshooting and debugging technical systems.
• 2+ years of network engineering experience for large-scale networks.
• Experience with network monitoring and automation scripting using SQL, Python, or Bash.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to NetOps tooling development, automation initiatives, and process improvements.
• Participate in on-call program with escalation workflows, automated ticketing, runbooks, and incident response.
• Assist with metrics reviews, readiness assessments, and capacity planning activities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve laser link reliability and system observability.

Skills

Technical support

Scripting

Troubleshooting

Network engineering

Monitoring & automation scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in EE/CE or equivalent

Tools

SQL

Python

Bash

Job description

Amazon Leo is Amazon's low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to deliver fast, reliable broadband connectivity to customers beyond the reach of existing networks. From households to small businesses, schools, hospitals, and government agencies, Amazon Leo will serve communities and organizations operating in places without dependable internet access.

We are seeking a Network Support Engineer for our Network Operations team within the Optical Inter-Satellite Link (OISL) organization. This is a high-impact role where you will be a key contributor to the Network Operations function of OISL - building and operating the tooling, automation, and monitoring systems that support a revolutionary laser communication network connecting thousands of satellites in space.

The Role

This is an individual contributor role. You will contribute to the end-to-end Network Operations capability for OISL, including building tools and services for monitoring and incident response, driving automation of operational workflows, and supporting operational readiness as the constellation scales. You will partner with engineers across the organization to develop solutions that improve laser link reliability and availability.

Export Control Requirement

Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Key job responsibilities

Network Operations Support & Execution

• Support the OISL Network Operations strategy by contributing to tooling development, automation initiatives, and process improvements
• Participate in the NetOps on-call program: contribute to escalation workflows, automated ticketing, runbooks, and incident response
• Support operational cadence: assist with metrics reviews, readiness assessments, and capacity planning activities

A day in the life

• You review the ticket queue and real-time satellite link health, spot degradation patterns, query telemetry, correlate with constellation changes, and work with Hardware and Embedded Software experts to help root cause issues
• You participate in cross-functional syncs on recurring failures, help build automated remediation workflows and ticketing pipelines that eliminate manual triage, contribute to code reviews, maintain on-call runbooks, and identify observability gaps to close.

About the team

The OISL Network Operations team is responsible for the operational monitoring, troubleshooting, and reliability of 10,000+ optical laser links carrying customer traffic across a LEO satellite constellation. We build production-grade software services and tools to automate fault detection, classification, and resolution at scale. Our team operates at the intersection of network operations and software development - monitoring laser link health in real time, automating incident workflows, and driving cross-functional improvements with hardware and software engineering teams.

Basic Qualifications

• 1+ years of technical support experience
• Experience scripting in modern program languages
• Experience troubleshooting and debugging technical systems
• 2+ years of network engineering experience for large‑scale networks, including diagnosing network impacting issues
• Experience with network monitoring and automation scripting using SQL, Python, or Bash

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience with satellite-based telecommunication networking
• Hands‑on experience working with satellite software defined networking technologies, packet forwarding architectures, and connectivity issues
• Experience dealing effectively with partner teams during problem resolution and collaborating efficiently as a team
• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent, or experience with networking and troubleshooting (TCP/IP, DNS, routing, switching, firewalls, LAN/WAN, traceroute, iperf, dig, cURL or related) at an advanced level
• Knowledge of web services, distributed systems, and web application development

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