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System Development Engineer, Core Network

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

London

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3 days ago

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Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a System Development Engineer in London to enhance its cloud infrastructure. The role involves troubleshooting, maintaining tools for network engineers, and utilizing modern software engineering practices to improve operational excellence. Join a dynamic team dedicated to innovation and excellence in the field.

Qualifications

Relevant experience in software development, systems engineering, or DevOps.
Knowledge of software engineering best practices.
Practical understanding of network fundamentals.

Responsibilities

Troubleshoot and identify root causes of issues.
Maintain services and tools for network engineering.
Provide technical solutions to operational problems.

Skills

Software Development

Systems Engineering

DevOps

Networking Fundamentals

Education

Relevant experience in software development or related field

Tools

Python

C++

Java

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Description

Would you like to be an Engineer that builds the Cloud, rather than an Engineer that just uses it? At AWS, our Engineers look after the behind-the-scenes software and tools that make the world's largest cloud computing infrastructure possible.

We have an amazing opportunity for you to join a world-class network team in a dynamic environment that has the feel of a start-up. As a System Development Engineer you will help to deploy, manage, fix and reinvent the tools, services and components that network engineering rely on to automate our network and keep it operational. Your internal customers are your network engineer colleagues, and through close collaboration, support and exchange of ideas, we share a common goal to serve our external customers and grow through learning and innovation.

If you are exceptionally motivated and passionate about the work you do then we welcome you to join us, working in an Agile environment with the most advanced tools, processes and talented people in the industry to make the Cloud a reality.

What You’ll Be Working On

Simplifying and reinventing systems, processes, and tools to make things better for our customers
Managing and growing innovative, production-quality tools to solve real operational problems for our network
Investigating technical issues scientifically and thoroughly, and assist in fixing them so they don't come back
Providing technical solutions to real business problems in a global organization

Top Reasons To Join Our Team

Be a catalyst to deliver truly disruptive products that are growing rapidly
Define, build, own, and run a service in a high growth environment
Build and influence the tools and utilities that are part of the AWS fleet running our internal services
Learning from industry recognized Amazon distinguished engineers

Key job responsibilities

A SysDE is responsible for maintaining their teams’ services, requiring them to troubleshoot and identify the root causes of any issues that arise within their systems and any subcomponents. A SysDE will utilise testing, monitoring, and validations on their services, tools, and infrastructure to ensure their teams can continuously deploy new versions of the services with minimal interruption. A SysDE will identify areas to invent, refine, and develop automation and tools to reduce manual operations and fulfil the requirements of the business and their customers.

About The Team

The Systems Development team manages all of the software services and platforms that builds, operates, monitors and assures the AWS network within an isolated region.

Basic Qualifications

Relevant experience in software development, systems engineering, SRE or DevOps roles
Knowledge of professional software engineering best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
Practical understanding of network fundamentals (DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, routing, switching, HTTP)
Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (host networking, storage, *nix operating systems)
Demonstrable experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python, C++, C#, Java, Golang, Ruby

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Python
Experience of designing, developing or operating cloud services running on AWS or another cloud platform

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Company - Amazon Development Centre (London) Limited

Job ID: A2998788

Seniority level

Seniority level
Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type
Full-time

Job function

Job function
Information Technology, Consulting, and Engineering
Industries
IT Services and IT Consulting

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