Senior Network Development Engineer

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Applicants must be Australian citizens and hold or be eligible to obtain an Australian Government Security Clearance with the ability to successfully complete an Organisational Suitability Assessment. More information regarding security clearances can be found at [https://www.agsva.gov.au/](https://www.agsva.gov.au/).

Based in Melbourne - we offer relocation support for candidates moving from other states.

## The Mission - Why This Program, Why Now?

You're joining at the defining moment of one of the most significant technology programmes Australia has ever undertaken. This programme will build and operate the dedicated cloud giving Australia's national security community and its allies the capability to see more, share more, innovate and act faster than ever before.

The architectural decisions being made now - how we structure networking, implement security controls, and automate at scale - will shape how Australia's national security community operates for the next decade. You won't be inheriting someone else's design choices. As a senior engineer, you'll be the one making them - and setting the technical direction that others build upon.

## Your Opportunity

What if you could build the cloud rather than just use it? As a Senior Network Development Engineer, you'll be at the heart of the infrastructure that powers the world's largest cloud computing platform - not configuring services on top of it, but engineering the very fabric that makes it all possible.

This is your chance to work at a scale few engineers ever experience. You'll design, build, and operate next-generation network infrastructure where every decision you make ripples across millions of customers worldwide. Working directly with network fabrics from Top of Rack to Border/DX - managing intra-AZ, inter-AZ, and inter-Region connectivity - you'll develop both high-level and low-level designs and maintain parity with commercial AWS network standards. You'll collaborate with some of the most talented engineers in the industry, sharing ideas and pushing boundaries in an inclusive culture that doesn't just welcome bold thinking - it demands it.

Here, your passion for learning meets limitless opportunity. You'll work with leading tools and technologies that haven't reached the mainstream yet, solving problems that require permanent, sustainable, and scalable solutions. You'll pioneer first-ever deployments in isolated environments, guide network planning cycles, and shape scaling strategies alongside our managers and program leads. If you've ever wanted your engineering decisions to matter at a global scale - and to set the direction for an entire programme - this is where that happens.

## Benefits

- Learning & development - AWS training and certification support, access to internal learning platforms.

- Health, income protection and life cover - Amazon subsidises private health insurance premiums, and group salary continuance and life insurance are included at no cost to you.

- Military differential pay launching in Australia - Australian employees taking defence reserve leave may receive up to 52 weeks of military differential pay to help cover the difference in pay while serving.

- Employee Assistance Program - Free, confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for you and your family - mental health, financial coaching, legal questions, and everyday life events.

- Family-building benefit - Access to Maven for fertility treatment, adoption support, surrogacy, and parenting coaching.

- Amazon Extras & employee discount - cashback and discounts across hundreds of retail, fitness, travel, and lifestyle partners.

Key job responsibilities
You'll own the engineering, implementation, and evolution of networks that operate at a scale most engineers only read about - and you'll define the technical direction for how those networks grow. Your work will span the full lifecycle, from architecting and deploying next-generation network infrastructure to ensuring it runs with the reliability and performance that millions of customers depend on every single day.

- Define technical direction and drive innovation for large-scale network infrastructure projects, leading strategic network programs across multiple domains including deployment/implementation, scaling, and optimisation.

- Design and implement network architectures from the ground up, establishing patterns and best practices for the organisation.

- Own and drive resolution of complex network challenges that impact strategic customers - troubleshooting with precision, resolving with speed, and then building the automation that ensures the same issue never surfaces again.

- Develop and execute network automation strategy at scale, creating frameworks that eliminate manual, undifferentiated work and enable team efficiency.

- Lead multiple high-impact programs simultaneously for AWS's largest partners.

- Establish and influence the technical roadmap for the tools and utilities supporting AWS fleet services.

- Mentor and provide technical leadership to develop engineering excellence within the team - coaching fellow engineers, participating in recruitment, and conducting reviews.

You won't just maintain what exists - you'll invent what comes next. You'll evaluate emerging networking technologies and develop strategies for safely integrating them into our environment, and you'll serve as a technical advisor across teams, building consensus and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders, including direct customer interactions. Every solution you deliver will embody the principle of choosing the best approach over the quickest fix - because at this scale, shortcuts don't exist.

A day in the life
Your morning begins with a pulse check on the network - reviewing metrics dashboards, assessing overnight alerts, and confirming that the infrastructure you've engineered is performing as designed. You notice a subtle anomaly in traffic patterns and dig deeper, using advanced diagnostic tools to trace the signal through layers of network fabric.

By mid-morning, you could be leading a design session on a scaling project that will expand capacity across a critical network segment. The whiteboard fills with architecture diagrams as you guide the discussion, weigh trade-offs, challenge assumptions, and steer the team toward a solution that's both elegant and sustainable. Your colleagues bring diverse perspectives, and you help shape those ideas into a clear technical direction the team can rally behind.

After lunch, you can shift focus to automation. A recurring operational task has been consuming engineering hours, and you've designed a mechanism to eliminate it entirely. You're refining the code, testing edge cases, and documenting the approach so others can build upon your work. Later, you review a pull request from a newer engineer and pair with them to sharpen their approach - passing on the craft that makes this team exceptional.

Late afternoon brings a customer-impacting event. You move swiftly into troubleshooting mode - methodically isolating the issue, applying your deep networking knowledge, and coordinating with team members to restore service. Once resolved, you lead the retrospective, capture the root cause, and begin designing the preventive measure that ensures it won't recur.
You end the day knowing that your work - and your technical leadership - directly enables Australia's national security community to operate with confidence, and that tomorrow will bring an entirely new set of challenges worthy of your talent.

About the team
The Network Development team drives engineering, implementation, scalability, operations, reliability, and sustainability for all of the network fabrics that underpin the software services and platforms used within an AWS region.

Diverse Experiences
Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

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.

Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

Inclusive Team Culture
AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.

Mentorship and Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Basic Qualifications

- 7+ years' hands-on experience in a network-focused technical role working with routing protocols/technologies and platforms in large-scale data centre and/or WAN network environments.
- Experience developing engineering, deployment, or operations mechanisms to support IP networking systems at scale.

Preferred Qualifications

- Comfortable discussing network design principles and able to select reasonable platforms to implement designs in large-scale environments
- Understanding of packet flow through network platforms, including differences between chassis and pizza-box architectures, and shallow vs deep buffer considerations
- If you do not meet all of these criteria, but still think you would be a great fit for this role, then we welcome you to get in touch.

Acknowledgement of country:
In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

IDE statement:
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.