Network Business and Vendor Developer

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. 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.

You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

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. How would you like to come be part of the team that builds and procures that low latency, high throughput, and highly redundant network?

We are looking for a highly motivated, commercially savvy Network Infrastructure Business and Vendor Developer to help grow and scale one of the world’s largest and most complex networks. We develop new and innovative ways to scale and expand our network, while delivering operational excellence to our stakeholders. This opportunity sits within our Metro Fiber Network Planning and Acquisition organization where the team is responsible for developing and acquiring the network that drives Amazon’s internal infrastructure as well as connecting Amazon to the outside world. The Network Business developer 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 the AWS network geography. By applying a unique blend of business and technology experience, you will work closely with both outside 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
- Serve as a key member of the NASA East 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 fibre 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 terms of vendor technologies, coverage, cost and deal structures
- Work closely with finance partners, collaborating 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 our topology requirements and budgets.
- Work closely with internal customers to understand product roadmaps and devise programs to meet capacity requirements.
- Anticipate bottlenecks, manage risk and escalations, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints.

About the team
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.

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.

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
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

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.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- A Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
- 5+ years telecommunications industry experience in procurement and negotiations of dark fiber and wavelengths..
- 5+ years experience working in a network planning or implementation role at an ISP, telecoms operator, or CDN.
- Strong verbal and written communications skills are a must, as well as the ability to work effectively across internal and external organizations while prioritizing competing demands to deliver on time for our customers.
- Willing to travel up to 25% of the time.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

· Experience working at a large network operator, OTT or Internet Service Provider.
· Experience interacting with senior executives and other management within a company and working across commercial, technical, domestic, and international arms of an organization.
· Ability to anticipate customer requirements and build strategic plans.
· Demonstrated understanding of global fiber and IP networks.
· Experience interacting with senior executives and other management within your own company and externally; and working across commercial, technical, domestic, and international arms of an organization
· Ability to speak multiple languages.

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