Posted 18 August, 2026
Optical Planning Network Development Engineer, Capacity Engineering
Amazon
IE, D, Dublin
Full Time
Reference: 71_457722_1fb2a201-bfe2-4107-9cd4-cc0121303f6e
As an Optical Planning Engineer working within AWS Infrastructure you will:
- Design and plan our global optical transport networks, including DWDM and dark fiber infrastructure
- Develop capacity plans to scale optical network designs ahead of customer demand
- Create and maintain planning tools, processes, and frameworks that support optical network growth and operations
- Collaborate closely with Network Engineering, Capacity, and Deployment teams to translate demand forecasts into actionable build plans
- Evaluate alternative optical technologies and equipment, driving technical assessments and commercial tender processes
- Ensure all optical network designs adhere to defined architecture standards and long-term capacity strategies
- Produce detailed optical design packages, feasibility studies, and span analysis reports for new and existing sites
- Drive planning excellence initiatives to improve accuracy, lead time, and quality across the optical delivery pipeline
- Identify and resolve complex planning challenges, developing innovative solutions to optimize network performance and cost
Our ideal candidate is highly autonomous, possesses strong written and verbal communication skills, strong project management and analytical skills, and has a proven track record of delivering optical network planning at scale. The desire and ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment is essential.
This is a high-visibility role at the intersection of network strategy and infrastructure delivery, with direct impact on one of the world's largest cloud networks.
Key job responsibilities
Network Development Engineers perform high quality network and/or systems operations, deployments, scaling, technology refresh, sustaining engineering, best practices application, optimization, internal/external customer interactions, and produce appropriate technical documentation.
Your core job responsibility is to design network designs, services and deployment procedures that solve for many requirements.
Together, you and your leadership team will decide on the projects that best support your team's mission.
You and your team will design ahead of customer or technology needs, always predicting and solving for problems that have not yet occurred. This takes the form of creating and defending High Level Design (HLD) and Low Level Design (LLD) documents, working with internal stakeholders to influence technology roadmaps, constructing and testing your solutions, and providing support to the teams that will deploy and operate these designs.
You will create and automate deployment processes that increases quality and velocity.
You will Work closely with our internal customers on designs/solutions; bringing those designs/solutions from concept to production
About the team
About the team
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the 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.
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.
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 conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship & 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.
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.
- Design and plan our global optical transport networks, including DWDM and dark fiber infrastructure
- Develop capacity plans to scale optical network designs ahead of customer demand
- Create and maintain planning tools, processes, and frameworks that support optical network growth and operations
- Collaborate closely with Network Engineering, Capacity, and Deployment teams to translate demand forecasts into actionable build plans
- Evaluate alternative optical technologies and equipment, driving technical assessments and commercial tender processes
- Ensure all optical network designs adhere to defined architecture standards and long-term capacity strategies
- Produce detailed optical design packages, feasibility studies, and span analysis reports for new and existing sites
- Drive planning excellence initiatives to improve accuracy, lead time, and quality across the optical delivery pipeline
- Identify and resolve complex planning challenges, developing innovative solutions to optimize network performance and cost
Our ideal candidate is highly autonomous, possesses strong written and verbal communication skills, strong project management and analytical skills, and has a proven track record of delivering optical network planning at scale. The desire and ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment is essential.
This is a high-visibility role at the intersection of network strategy and infrastructure delivery, with direct impact on one of the world's largest cloud networks.
Key job responsibilities
Network Development Engineers perform high quality network and/or systems operations, deployments, scaling, technology refresh, sustaining engineering, best practices application, optimization, internal/external customer interactions, and produce appropriate technical documentation.
Your core job responsibility is to design network designs, services and deployment procedures that solve for many requirements.
Together, you and your leadership team will decide on the projects that best support your team's mission.
You and your team will design ahead of customer or technology needs, always predicting and solving for problems that have not yet occurred. This takes the form of creating and defending High Level Design (HLD) and Low Level Design (LLD) documents, working with internal stakeholders to influence technology roadmaps, constructing and testing your solutions, and providing support to the teams that will deploy and operate these designs.
You will create and automate deployment processes that increases quality and velocity.
You will Work closely with our internal customers on designs/solutions; bringing those designs/solutions from concept to production
About the team
About the team
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the 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.
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.
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 conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship & 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.
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.
