Systems Admin Engineer, WWGST Retail Infrastructure Services - POS

Amazon; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 104,500 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a Systems Administrator/Engineer to support the POS Infrastructure team in Austin, TX. You will manage deployments, build automation, and monitoring across thousands of devices during a major Windows-to-Linux migration.

The role requires 4+ years in Linux and systems/SRE, plus scripting in Python/Java/Bash. You will collaborate with software teams on operational readiness and participate in on-call rotations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or related field or relevant work experience.
• 4+ years of Linux experience.
• 4+ years of systems engineering experience.
• 4+ years of site reliability engineering (SRE), systems engineering, systems administration, DevOps, security administration, or network administration experience.
• Experience in Python, Java, Perl, PHP, Ruby, Bash, Shell or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Manage and execute production software deployments for store devices (POS, SCO, servers, peripherals).
• Perform root cause analysis on production incidents and device failures.
• Develop infrastructure automation using Python, Ansible, and shell scripting.
• Build observability solutions: dashboards, alerting, and health monitoring.

Skills

Linux

SRE

DevOps

Python

Java

Bash

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Puppet

Chef

Ansible

Job description

Description

Amazon's Worldwide Grocery Stores Tech (WWGST) team is hiring a Systems Administrator/Engineer to join our POS Infrastructure (POSInfra) team in Austin, TX. You'll manage production deployments, build automation, and maintain monitoring systems that keep checkout running reliably across hundreds of stores. You'll be part of a team migrating an entire fleet from Windows to Linux, building the operational tooling and processes for a modern, modular platform.

Key job responsibilities

• Manage and execute production software deployments for store devices (POS, SCO, servers, peripherals).
• Perform strong root cause analysis on production incidents and device failures, identifying systemic issues and driving permanent fixes.
• Develop infrastructure automation using Python, Ansible, and shell scripting.
• Build observability solutions: dashboards, alerting, and health monitoring for fleet-wide device management.
• Administer lab and test farm environments for pre-production validation.
• Support platform migration from Windows to Linux across thousands of devices.
• Participate in on-call rotation for production deployment and device issues.
• Collaborate with software development teams on operational readiness for new releases.

A day in the life

Your day begins with a review of monitoring dashboards to assess overnight deployment health across 500+ stores. Throughout the day you troubleshoot device issues via remote access, image lab equipment for QA testing, build automation to eliminate manual processes, and validate stores are ready for upcoming hardware refreshes. When something breaks in production, you diagnose root cause, trigger rollbacks, and improve monitoring to prevent recurrence. You work across operating systems, deployment tooling, automation scripting, and physical retail hardware. No two days are identical but your work always directly impacts whether stores can serve customers.

About The Team

POS Infrastructure is a small, high-impact team within Retail Infrastructure Services (RIS) that owns the retail infrastructure layer for every Whole Foods Market and Amazon grocery stores. We manage the servers, registers, self-checkouts, and device infrastructure that powers tens of thousands of checkout transactions daily across 500+ locations and growing. We're currently executing the largest platform transformation in a decade, migrating from legacy systems to a modern Linux-based architecture. The team values automation over manual work, proactive monitoring over reactive firefighting, and building systems that let stores focus on customers.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or related field or relevant work experience
• 4+ years of Linux experience
• 4+ years of systems engineering experience
• 4+ years of site reliability engineering (SRE), systems engineering, systems administration, DevOps, security administration, or network administration experience
• Experience in any of the following: Python, Java, Perl, PHP, Ruby, Bash, Shell or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of configuration management systems, such as Puppet, Chef, Ansible, or related systems
• Experience designing and developing scripts to automate operational burdens and reviewing scripting changes to ensure they meet the standards for maintainability, scalability and security
• Experience working in 24/7 production environment
• Experience in automation or monitoring frameworks, deployment or development

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, TX, AUSTIN - 104,500.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually

Company

Amazon.com Services LLC

Job ID: A10448177