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About the Role
The Network Engineering team builds and operates a large global backbone network connecting over 70 points of presence (PoPs) and back-end data centers. You will work with other networking and software teams throughout the Video Platform organization to ensure Twitch service quality remains as high as possible. You will manage network architecture and design to support broadcaster and video replication traffic on the backbone and help deliver video traffic to end-users.
As video traffic and service usage grows, the network and server infrastructure must scale to support that growth. You will play a big role in that scaling, and the implementation of network and video system features to support a high-traffic multi-tenant environment. If the idea of operating and automating a large-scale network with a high volume of traffic interests you, this could be the role for you! You will report to the Manager, Network Engineering.
You will work from Seattle, WA.
You Will:
- Design backbone, datacenter, and POP network architectures
- Own internal and external routing policy, traffic engineering, and route reflection
- Conduct network performance tuning
- Design and perform complex network-related projects and migrations
- Evolve and support the interaction between the network and the live video system
- Own network hardware vendor and device selection
- Lead, create, and contribute to operational procedures and best practices
- Write detailed technical documentation
- Act as a senior technical escalation point for the network and video software organizations
You Have:
- 3+ years experience configuring, operating and troubleshooting protocols like OSPF, MPLS RSVP-TE, BGP, BFD
- 3+ years experience with common protocols and concepts like TCP/IP, UDP, DNS, DHCP, IPv6, or Anycast routing
- 3+ years of hands-on experience with global internet routing, peering/transit relationships, traffic engineering, troubleshooting
- 3+ years experience with networking details such as flow records, packet captures, and telemetry, and combining information from various sources and tools
- 3+ years experience with planning, documenting, testing, and production rollout of new network features or changes
- 3+ years collaborating with and mentoring other engineers
Bonus Points
- Experience with Cisco IOS-XR
- Comfortable working in a globally distributed team across time zones
- Knowledge of various AWS services such as EC2, S3, Cloudfront, VPCs, Direct Connect
- Understand networking concepts such as segment routing, load balancing, SDN
- Can work comfortably in a Linux environment
- Experience with WDM optical systems, Python/Go
Perks
- Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance
- 401(k), Maternity & Parental Leave
- Flexible PTO
- Commuter Benefits
- Amazon Employee Discount
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Twitch. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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Job ID: TW8562
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from our lowest geographic market up to our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. This position will remain open until filled. For more information, please visit https://www.twitch.tv/jobs/en/#learn-more. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
