Optical Network Engineer, Border Network Engineering

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Amazon is seeking an Optical Network Engineer to support border network engineering across high-capacity optical transport systems. The role typically requires experience with optical networking, DWDM, fiber infrastructure, network design, troubleshooting, automation, and carrier or data-centre environments. Candidates should be comfortable working with vendors, managing incidents and projects, interpreting technical documentation, and improving network reliability and capacity. Strong knowledge of optical technologies, routing principles, monitoring tools, and structured change-management processes is expected. Effective communication, analytical thinking, willingness to participate in operational support, and the ability to work across international engineering teams are important. Experience with large-scale networks, scripting, and cloud infrastructure would be advantageous.

About the employer

Amazon is a global technology and commerce company headquartered in Seattle, operating across e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, devices, logistics, advertising, and artificial intelligence. Its Amazon Web Services division provides infrastructure and platform services to businesses, governments, and organisations worldwide. Amazon’s operations depend on extensive data-centre, backbone, optical, and border networks, making network engineering central to the reliability and growth of its services. The company is known for a customer-focused culture, large-scale technical challenges, performance-oriented teams, and structured leadership principles. Employees may work on highly automated systems that support millions of customers and global workloads. In Ireland, Amazon has a significant presence in Dublin and other locations, employing professionals in technology, operations, finance, customer service, and corporate functions.