Amazon Web Services provides a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers hundreds of thousands of businesses in 190 countries around the world.
The AWS Cloud infrastructure is built around Regions and Availability Zones (AZs). AWS Regions provide multiple, physically separated and isolated Availability Zones which are connected with low latency, high throughput, and highly redundant networking. These Availability Zones offer AWS customers an easier and more effective way to design and operate applications and databases, making them more highly available, fault tolerant, and scalable than traditional single datacenter infrastructures or multi-datacenter infrastructures.

AWS is seeking an exceptional Network Developer to help architect and scale one of the world's most sophisticated networks. As a key member of our Network Planning and Acquisition organization, you will drive innovation in network scaling while maintaining AWS's renowned operational excellence. This role offers the unique opportunity to shape the future of regional and international network infrastructure while solving complex challenges at unprecedented scale. You will leverage your technical expertise and commercial acumen to develop creative solutions that support Amazon's continued growth and expansion. Join us in building the future of cloud infrastructure at AWS, where your contributions will have global impact.

AWS Global Connectivity and Infrastructure Delivery owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global network infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.

The candidate will have deep market and industry knowledge in telecommunications; experienced with vendor negotiations, networking technology, business case development and robust financial analysis skills. This individual will actively drive commercial vendor strategy, working with existing vendors, new vendors, as well as the AWS service teams and internal customers to build and design a portfolio of network infrastructure solutions.
This role requires collaboration, driving strategic initiatives and executing commercial deals across our network geography. By applying a unique blend of business and technology experience, you will work closely with both external stakeholders and internal teams to find creative, cost effective, and often innovative solutions to meet Amazon's ongoing growth and expansion needs worldwide.

Key job responsibilities
Network Strategy & Development

- Drive AWS's European metro and backbone network infrastructure strategies

- Design and implement large-scale network architecture supporting Amazon's global operations

- Develop and execute strategic network expansion plans with regular milestone tracking

- Optimize network topology for maximum efficiency and cost-effectiveness

- Monitor and analyze telecommunications market trends, emerging technologies, and industry developments

Vendor & Partnership Management

- Identify and evaluate strategic suppliers for wavelengths, dark fiber, and submarine cable capacity

- Lead technical vendor strategy across AWS's European network topology

- Develop and maintain key commercial and technical partnerships within Europe

- Manage supplier onboarding, performance metrics, and service quality standards

- Coordinate with vendors and internal teams to deliver new backbone capacity

Financial & Project Management

- Collaborate with finance partners on budget planning and allocation

- Manage risk assessment, escalations, and technical constraint resolution

- Balance business requirements with technical limitations and cost considerations

Basic qualifications

• Experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities, or experience in managing and troublshooting network and experience working with customers with a passion for delivering exceptional service
• Experience as a network engineer with deployments for large-scale networks in a corporate environment and hands-on experience in physical infrastructure installations including hardware integration, racking, and cabling
• Experience building and managing financial models for business forecasting and problem solving
• Bachelor's degree, or a Master's degree and experience working in a large-scale networking environment
• Experience related to spectrum management, securing licenses for the provision of telecommunications services and ensuring regulatory compliance at an international level

Preferred qualifications

• Experience working within a global company, with multi-country responsibilities
• Experience communicating with a wide range of stakeholders, including colleagues and leadership, or experience with external customer interaction

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