Systems Engineer, Managed Operations

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Madrid; Presencial; EUR 70.000 - 115.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Amazon Spain Services, S.L.U. seeks experienced systems engineers to help launch the European Sovereign Cloud for EU customers. You will work within the AWS Managed Operations team to build and lead operations and development teams delivering high-availability services like EC2, S3 and more.

Fluency in English is required; EU nationality and relocation flexibility within the EU are supported. You will participate in an on-call rota and contribute to ongoing improvements in availability, latency,

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related IT discipline or equivalent experience.
• Scripting or software development experience with Linux and networking to troubleshoot reliability.
• Experience operating cloud services or AWS and on-call environments.

Responsabilidades

• Oversee the launch of the European Sovereign Cloud in 2025 for EU customers.
• Collaborate with global AWS teams to influence service evolution and reliability.
• Improve availability, latency, performance and efficiency of ESC through day-to-day ops.
• Build and lead operations and development teams for high-availability services.

Conocimientos

Scripting

Linux fundamentals

Networking fundamentals

Troubleshooting

Educación

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related IT

Herramientas

CloudWatch

Datadog

Grafana

Elastic

CDK

CloudFormation

Puppet

Chef

Ansible

Descripción del empleo

Description

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 systems engineers with a strong background in cloud 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. For more information on ESC please check out our blog: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/in-the-works-aws-european-sovereign-cloud/

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 systems engineers with a strong background in cloud 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. For more information on ESC please check out our blog: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/in-the-works-aws-european-sovereign-cloud/ Your responsibilities will encompass overseeing the launch of the ESC in 2025, 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. 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 requirement

• Fluency in written and spoken English is required.
• Candidate must be a national of an EU member state and residing in the EU to operate the AWS European Sovereign Cloud.
• Amazon will provide relocation support for successful applicants relocating within the European Union.
• Employees will participate in an On-Call rota.

About The Team

Diverse Experiences

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Basic Qualifications

• * This role requires you to be a national of an EU member state
• * Bachelor's degree in computer science (or related IT discipline) or equivalent industry experience
• * Knowledge or experience in scripting (Bash, Python, or Ruby) or software development (Java, TypeScript, or similar), coupled with Linux and networking fundamentals to effectively troubleshoot and optimize system performance and reliability.

Preferred Qualifications

• * Able to execute standard operating procedures and following operational best practices
• * Knowledge or experience operating service in AWS or other cloud systems or services
• * Knowledge or experience operating 24x7 high-availability, distributed software applications, performance tuning software applications and optimizing fleet utilization and monitoring frameworks (such as CloudWatch, Datadog, Grafana, Elastic or similar)
• * Knowledge or experience with Infrastructure as Code, (such as CDK, CloudFormation, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, or similar)

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Company

Amazon Spain Services, S.L.U.

Job ID: A10491323