Metro Fiber - Business & Vendor Developer, Network Planning and Acquisition
Job ID: ******* | Amazon Data Services Ireland Limited
Amazon Web Services (AWS) 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.
AWS regions are composed of multiple Availability Zones (AZs) that are physically separated, connected with low latency, high throughput, and highly redundant networking.
These Availability Zones enable customers to design and operate applications and databases that are highly available, fault tolerant, and scalable, outperforming traditional single or multi-datacenter infrastructures.
We are looking for a highly motivated, commercially savvy Network Infrastructure Business & Vendor Developer to help grow and scale one of the world's largest and most complex networks.
The developer will work within our Network Planning and Acquisition organization, responsible for developing and acquiring the network that drives Amazon's internal infrastructure as well as connecting Amazon to the outside world.
The role requires deep market and industry knowledge in telecommunications, vendor negotiations, networking technology, business case development, and robust financial analysis skills.
Serve as a key member of the EMEA Network Development team, helping to drive overall Network Infrastructure strategy.
Work closely with service owners to understand product roadmaps and devise programs to meet capacity requirements.
Develop network infrastructure plans for approval by internal customers and stakeholders.
Identify vendors and develop commercial solutions that solve for wavelengths, dark fiber, and other network infrastructure capacity.
Negotiate key vendor contracts from a business and technical perspective in partnership with AWS legal teams.
Track and maintain information on overall telecom market segment trends and developments in vendor technologies, coverage, cost, and deal structures.
Collaborate with finance partners on budget creation, business case development, deal analysis, and supplier invoicing.
Participate in strategic network topology planning for our global backbone and metro networks.
Work closely with network planning to ensure that acquisitions meet topology requirements and budgets.
Anticipate bottlenecks, manage risk and escalations, and balance business needs versus technical constraints.
About the team
AWS values diverse experiences and encourages candidates to apply even if they do not meet every listed qualification.
Our inclusive culture fosters a sense of belonging and provides mentorship and career growth opportunities.
We focus on fostering work/life balance, flexibility, and continuous learning through events such as our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences.
Basic Qualifications
Experience working in a network planning, construction/implementation or commercial implementation role at an ISP, telecoms operator, or hyperscaler.
Experience building and managing financial models for business forecasting and problem solving.
Travel up to 20% of the time.
Bachelor's Degree in Business, Engineering, Networking, or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
Minimum 5 years telecommunications industry experience in procurement and negotiations of dark fiber and wavelengths.
Strong verbal and written communication skills, and ability to work effectively across internal and external organizations while prioritizing competing demands to deliver on time.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience working across multiple international markets in EMEA.
Experience interacting with senior executives and other management within your own company and externally, working across commercial, technical, domestic and international arms of an organization.
Ability to speak multiple languages.
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