Systems Development Engineer, Managed Operations

Amazon India; London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking experienced Systems Development Engineers to join their Managed Operations team. This pivotal role involves overseeing the launch of the European Sovereign Cloud, ensuring high-availability AWS services for EU customers. You will collaborate with technology leaders and contribute to enhancing operations while troubleshooting and optimizing performance. If you're passionate about cloud technology and ready for a challenging opportunity, this is your chance to make a significant impact in a fast-paced environment dedicated to innovation and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Experience with coding and automation in modern programming languages.
• Familiarity with Linux and troubleshooting at all levels.
• Experience supporting cloud systems and optimizing performance.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the launch of the European Sovereign Cloud with global AWS teams.
• Ensure improvements in availability, reliability, and performance of services.
• Participate in on-call rotations to resolve incidents out-of-hours.

Skills

Java

Typescript

Python

Ruby

Linux

Cloud systems support

Troubleshooting

Communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Tools

Infrastructure as Code (CDK, CloudFormation, Puppet, Chef, Ansible)

Job description

Systems Development Engineer, Managed Operations

Job ID: 2929228 | 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. 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 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.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

* 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.
* Familiarity with Linux, using the command line and basic administration, and computer networking fundamentals and Able to troubleshoot at all levels, from network to operating systems to software applications
* Experience supporting cloud systems or other services. Proficient troubleshooting and anticipating problems that affect the performance, reliability, or availability of software systems

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

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

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Posted: December 12, 2024 (Updated about 21 hours ago)