Platform Automation Engineer II

Amazon Inc.

Herndon (VA)

On-site

USD 129,000 - 175,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. in Herndon, Virginia is seeking a System Development Engineer II to build automation tools for fleet operations, respond to large-scale events, and diagnose critical failures.

You will mentor engineers and provide daytime on-call support for software teams, while driving automation and scalable solutions. Qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in computer science/engineering/math, or three years of related work; one year of experience with distributed systems and

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, or related field with 1 year experience, or three years equivalent.
Experience with large-scale, multi-tiered, multi-threaded, distributed software applications, tools, systems, and services.
Experience with programming languages including SQL, PowerShell, Perl, Bash, Python, PHP, or Ruby; knowledge of DB servers such as MySQL or Oracle.

Responsibilities

Build tools that automate and streamline processes for fleet operations.
Respond to large scale events involving fleets and diagnose critical failures.
Mentor engineers and assist in training new engineers.
Provide first line of defense daytime support for operational tickets across software teams.
Suggest, drive and implement technical solutions for automation, efficiency and scalability.