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Amazon

Sells products online and rents cloud computing

Network Development Engineer

Full-TimePosted on 10/23/2026
No salary listed
Mid
Sydney NSW, Australia
In Person
IT OperationsNetwork Engineering & Administration

About the job

Requirements
  • Knowledge of IP networking fundamentals and extensive experience applying IP protocols.
  • At least 2 years of experience working in large-scale networking environments.
  • Experience with automation using Bash or shell scripting and Perl or Python programming.
Responsibilities
  • Create and implement network changes.
  • Work with automation teams to define tools that enable scaling at higher volume.
  • Lead projects involving network engineering, deployment and implementation, scaling, technology refresh, best-practice application, and network optimization.
  • Provide critical network support for significant AWS customers by diagnosing, mitigating the impact of, and resolving large-scale networking events.
  • Operate and troubleshoot network routing, interconnectivity, platforms, performance, and configuration issues, including low-level application interaction, Unix systems, and networking software tools.
  • Drive and support innovation from Top of Rack to the Network Border.
  • Partner with the broader Network and Infrastructure organization on network engineering, configuration standards, and tools.
  • Work with Network, Systems, and Software Engineering teams to roll out new designs and products and assist with deployment and maintenance of networking software tools.
  • Maintain standards across the networking toolset and ensure compliance with standards and policies.
  • Deliver simple, sustainable, and repeatable solutions and processes.
  • Collaborate with highest-tier escalation engineers and resolvers.
  • Create and review documentation and processes for network implementations and deployments, recurring issues, new standard operating procedures, and knowledge-transfer materials.
Desired Qualifications
  • Knowledge of network analysis fundamentals and robust troubleshooting.
  • Strong Unix and Linux skills and ability to script in Perl, Python, shell, C, or C++; a strong understanding of layer 4–7 technologies is highly desirable.
  • Thorough understanding of TCP/IP networking, IP routing, server load balancing, network security architecture, and core technologies including IP, TCP, OSPF/IS-IS, BGP, MPLS, server load balancers, firewalls, access control lists, DNS, and DHCP.

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Amazon runs the largest online store in the United States and rents cloud computing to businesses and governments through Amazon Web Services. AWS pioneered renting computing power over the internet, and Amazon built its own delivery network to get orders to customers quickly. Shoppers buy from Amazon and from independent sellers on its store, and Prime members pay a subscription for fast free shipping, streaming video and music, and other perks. AWS rents out computing power, storage, databases, and AI tools so companies can run software without owning servers, and Amazon also makes Kindle e-readers and Echo speakers with the Alexa assistant. Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in 1994, and it is based in Seattle, Washington.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Seattle, Washington

Founded

1994

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What believers are saying

  • AI drives growth: AWS's AI and custom-chip sales each more than doubled, passing $25 billion a year by June 2026.
  • Stock grants gained value: shares hit a record in August 2026, making Amazon the fifth company to reach $3 trillion.
  • Ads are a third engine beside stores and AWS: they grew 26% to $19.8 billion in the June 2026 quarter.

What critics are saying

  • AWS's lead is shrinking: in the June 2026 quarter, Google Cloud grew 82% and Microsoft's Azure 43%, versus AWS's 37%.
  • Job security has slipped: Amazon cut 30,000 corporate jobs in October 2025 and January 2026 to reduce management layers.
  • Expect five office days a week: Amazon ended its three-day hybrid policy for corporate staff in January 2025.

What makes Amazon unique

  • Most of Amazon's profit comes from cloud: AWS made 21% of sales but 60% of operating profit in mid-2026.
  • Amazon is America's biggest parcel carrier by volume: it handled 6.9 billion packages in 2025, more than the Postal Service.
  • Writing matters more than slides: Amazon meetings open with silent reading of a six-page memo instead of PowerPoint.

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