Systems Development Engineer, Managed Operations

Amazon; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000

Job description

Systems Development Engineer, Managed Operations

Job ID: 2874382 | Amazon Development Centre Ireland Limited

AWS is set to introduce the inaugural European Sovereign Cloud (ESC), marking a significant development in utility computing (UC). To spearhead this initiative, we are actively seeking experienced System development engineers with a strong background in automation and operations. As part of the AWS Managed Operations team, you will play a pivotal role in building and leading operations and development teams dedicated to delivering high-availability AWS services, including EC2, S3, Dynamo, Lambda, and Bedrock, exclusively for EU customers.

Your responsibilities will encompass overseeing the launch of the ESC, working closely with global AWS teams, and influencing the evolution of AWS services and technology. A typical day in this role involves collaborating with technology leaders, contributing to the enhancement of day-to-day operations, and ensuring improvements in availability, reliability, latency, performance, and efficiency of the ESC. You will be required to occasionally participate in “on-call” rotations to resolve incidents occurring out-of-hours.

The overarching goal is to deliver scalable services and ensure a high-availability experience for EU customers. If you are an experienced professional ready for a challenging and impactful opportunity, we invite you to join our efforts in building a best-in-class development engineering and operations team that aligns with AWS' commitment to customer satisfaction and continual innovation.

Eligibility Requirements

1. Fluency in written and spoken English is required.
2. Successful applicants must have the legal right to work in Ireland/Germany.
3. Amazon will provide relocation support for successful applicants relocating within the European Union.
4. This position involves on-call responsibility.

A Day in the Life

A typical day in this role involves spending roughly 50% of your time operating production systems and 50% working with your team to make long-term improvements to the reliability, availability, and performance of those software systems. You will root cause deployment failures, fix bugs, execute time-critical changes to production, participate in design discussions, write code, and provide actionable feedback to your team’s code.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. Experience with coding and automation in at least one modern programming language such as Java, Typescript, Python, or Ruby and experience with current engineering best practices.
2. Familiarity with Linux, using the command line and basic administration, and computer networking fundamentals; able to troubleshoot at all levels, from network to operating systems to software applications.
3. Experience supporting cloud systems or other services; proficient troubleshooting and anticipating problems that affect the performance, reliability, or availability of software systems.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. Communication and problem-solving skills across languages.
2. Experience operating 24x7 high-availability, distributed software applications and performance tuning software applications and optimizing fleet utilization.
3. Proficient with Infrastructure as Code, (such as CDK, CloudFormation, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, or similar).
4. Experience operating services in AWS.

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