Sr. Network Development Engineer - Kuiper Ground Infrastructure Operations, Project Kuiper

Amazon; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 143,000 - 248,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Sr. Network Development Engineer for Project Kuiper, focused on developing innovative tools and processes for ground network infrastructure. This role involves collaborating with engineering teams to ensure operational excellence and high availability of services, with a strong emphasis on automation and incident response.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of major internet routing protocols experience.
• 3+ years in a Linux/Unix environment.
• 3+ years of automation scripting experience.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Systems Development Engineers to design and build tools.
• Drive root cause resolution of network events.
• Provide critical operations support and incident response.

Skills

Internet routing protocols

Linux/Unix

Automation scripting

Tools

Python

Bash

Shell

Perl

Job description

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Description

Project Kuiper is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the world, and we’ve designed the system with the capacity, flexibility, and performance to serve a wide range of customers, from individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

Description

Project Kuiper is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the world, and we’ve designed the system with the capacity, flexibility, and performance to serve a wide range of customers, from individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

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.

As a Network Development Engineer, you will collaborate with Systems Development Engineers to invent, design and build innovative tools, while defining processes for monitoring, operating, and scaling ground network infrastructure to support millions of users worldwide. You'll utilize and refine the tools you and your team develop, focusing on metrics, scalability, and continuous improvement to automate repetitive tasks, eliminate outages and enable high availability of the ground infrastructure.

Your responsibilities will include driving root cause resolution of network events.

Note: this is not a remote opportunity .

Key job responsibilities

• Continuously strive for operational excellence by seeking to automate away manual processes
• Work closely with our network, systems & software engineering teams to ensure fast, smooth roll-out of new designs and products
• Design and develop tools to measure and improve the performance and availability of the Kuiper Ground Infrastructure
• Drive operational excellence projects to improve network performance and reliability
• Provide critical operations support and incident response for the service, while taking part in an on-call rotation
• Network SME for the operations of the Kuiper's ground gateway's and backbone connectivity.
  
  

A day in the life

Mentoring, Design, Operational Excellence

Work with business partners, leadership and other engineers, influence and lead the design of networks and system. We need your ideas and your ability to take initiative, innovate, and produce results as we continuously improve the customer experience.

Day to day work will vary between automation or other scripting work, operational excellence initiatives, design meetings, coordination with engineering teams and external partners, and an on-call rotation.

About The Team

The team is comprised of a leader, Systems and Network Development Engineers in North America, Europe and Australia. The overall mission is to ensure Kuiper Ground Infrastructure is always available to serve customers.

This position may require access to information, technology, or hardware that is subject to export control laws and regulations, including the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). Employment in this position is contingent upon obtaining any required export licenses or other approvals from the United States government. As such, the successful candidate must be eligible to obtain any necessary export licenses or approvals based on their nationality, citizenship, and any other factors considered by the applicable export control regulations.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of major internet routing protocols experience
• 3+ years of working in a Linux/Unix environment experience
• 3+ years of automation scripting using Python, Bash, Shell and/or Perl experience
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AWS services
• Curious to learn in depth about both technology and our customers
• A curious self-starter with a proven track record of diving into unknown territory, learning new concepts, and pushing your comfort zone.
  
  

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $143,200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $247,600/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. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.


Company - Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC

Job ID: A2926956

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology, Consulting, and Engineering

• Industries

  Software Development

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