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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/.
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. You'll be making them.
Your Opportunity
What if your first major engineering role could place you at the heart of the infrastructure that powers the world's largest cloud computing platform? As a Network Development Engineer I, you won't just be learning about networks — you'll be building and operating the very fabric that makes cloud computing possible, surrounded by mentors who are among the best in the industry.
This is where your foundational skills meet extraordinary scale. You'll troubleshoot real production networks, deploy infrastructure that serves millions of customers, and develop automation that eliminates manual toil — all while accelerating your growth at a pace that traditional networking roles simply can't match. Every problem you solve here teaches you something that would take years to encounter elsewhere.
Here, curiosity is your greatest asset. You'll work alongside experienced engineers who are invested in your development, in a culture that celebrates questions, rewards initiative, and gives you the space to grow from capable into exceptional. If you're ready to turn your networking fundamentals into world-class expertise, this is where that journey begins.
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 hands-on engineering and operational support of networks that operate at a scale most engineers only read about. This is where your networking fundamentals become real-world expertise — deploying, monitoring, and troubleshooting infrastructure that millions of customers rely on every single day.
You'll execute network deployments and changes with precision, following established processes while developing the judgement to know when something doesn't look right. When alerts fire or customers are impacted, you'll be part of the response — using tools like ping, traceroute, curl, and netstat to isolate issues, working methodically through layers of the network to restore service quickly.
Your curiosity will drive you to understand how things work beneath the surface. You'll dig into host-server communication patterns, trace packet paths, and build your intuition for how healthy networks behave versus when something is off. Each incident you work becomes a learning opportunity that deepens your troubleshooting instincts.
You'll also begin your automation journey — reading and modifying existing scripts and code, using command-line tools to streamline repetitive tasks, and comprehending how automation operates on a per-device basis. You'll contribute to operational improvements by identifying small-scale enhancements and executing changes with effective change management practices.
As you grow, you'll develop confidence with routing protocols — understanding how routers form adjacencies, share information, and make forwarding decisions. Every day brings new exposure to technologies and challenges that will accelerate your path toward becoming a senior network engineer.
A day in the life
Your morning starts with a review of the network's health — checking monitoring dashboards, scanning overnight alerts, and familiarising yourself with the current state of the infrastructure. You're building pattern recognition with every shift, learning what normal looks like so you can spot anomalies faster each day.
Mid-morning, an alert triggers on a network segment. You grab your troubleshooting toolkit — ping, traceroute, netstat — and begin methodically isolating the issue. A senior engineer on your team notices you're working the problem and offers a pointer about checking the host-server communication path. Together, you trace the issue to its source and implement the fix. These collaborative moments are where your growth accelerates fastest.
After lunch, you join a deployment activity. The team is rolling out a configuration change across a set of network devices, and you're responsible for executing a portion of the change window. You follow the established runbook carefully, verify each step, and flag a discrepancy you notice in the pre-checks. Your attention to detail catches something that could have caused an issue downstream — and your team lead acknowledges the sharp observation.
In the afternoon, you turn to a small automation task. There's an existing Python script that collects device health data, and you've been asked to modify it to include an additional metric. You read through the code, understand its logic, and make the change — testing it carefully before submitting for review. It's a small contribution, but it's building the foundation for larger automation work ahead.
You end the day in a team knowledge-sharing session where a colleague walks through a recent complex incident. You take notes, ask questions, and leave with a deeper understanding of routing protocol behaviour that you know will serve you in the weeks ahead.
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.
- Experience with networking fundamentals
- 2+ years of hands-on experience in a network-focused technical role working with routing protocols and platforms in data centre and/or Wide Area Networking (WAN) environments
- Confident understanding of general routing protocol principles with the ability to apply knowledge to practical scenarios (e.g., adjacency forming, information sharing, path selection)
- Ability to use command-line tools and scripts, read and modify existing code/systems (e.g., Python, Ansible), and comprehend automation tasks on a per-device basis
- Experience with effective change management practices and ability to identify and suggest small-scale operational improvements
- Experience developing or contributing to engineering mechanisms that support IP networking systems
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.
