Principal, Global Backbone Business Development

Job description

DESCRIPTION

Today, 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 out that low latency, high throughput, and highly redundant network?
Amazon Web Services is looking for a highly motivated, commercial and technically savvy Backbone Network Developer to help develop and scale one of the world's largest and most complex networks. We develop new and innovative ways to scale and expand our network, whilst delivering operational excellence to our stakeholders. This opportunity sits within our Backbone Network Development organization where the team is responsible for planning, developing and acquiring the network that drive Amazon's internal infrastructure as well as connecting Amazon to the rest of the world. The Backbone Network Developer will be a subject matter expert in the telecommunications marketplace, experienced with vendors, physical network infrastructure, optical technologies and backbone network engineering. This role requires collaboration, driving strategic initiatives and synthesising a technical vendor strategy across the AWS network topology. This individual will actively drive commercial and technical vendor network strategy, working with suppliers, technology partners, as well as the AWS service teams to meet our customer's demands. By applying a unique blend of industry and technology experience, you will work closely with both outside parties and internal teams to find creative, cost effective, and often unusual solutions to meet Amazon's ongoing growth and expansion needs worldwide.
Key Responsibilities Include:
· Serve as a key member of the Global Backbone Network Development team helping to drive overall Network Infrastructure strategy.
· Work with regionally distributed Business Developers to develop technical and commercial solutions that solve for wavelengths, dark fibre and submarine cable capacity.
· Define backbone strategies for approval by internal customers and stakeholders and provide regular progress updates on approved network plans.
· Organize, track, and coordinate with vendors and internal teams to deliver new backbone capacity for Amazon.
· Work with capacity planners and engineers to ensure the most efficient and cost effective network topology is delivered
· Work closely with finance partners, collaborating on budget creation, business case development, deal analysis, and supplier invoicing.
· Track overall telecoms market trends and developments in terms of vendor technologies, coverage, cost and deal structures.

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· A Bachelor's Degree in an IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
· Candidates should have a minimum of 15-years telecommunications industry experience in a similar environment.
· 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
· Candidates must have direct commercial and technical experience working in a company owning or operating long haul dark fiber networks and DWDM systems.
· Candidates should be able to demonstrate where they have influenced the design, development, contracting, implementation, and operation of long haul backbone networks.
· Ability to create complex financial models to understand business impacts of various network solutions is required.
· Demonstrated ability to formulate data driven decisions that lead to results.
· Sound business judgment, proven ability to influence others, and strong analytical thinking skills are critical to success in this position.
· Willing to travel.