Systems Development Engineer, Data Center Engineering Security Solutions

Amazon.co.uk Limited; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a talented Systems Development Engineer to join their dynamic team. In this role, you will design and develop scalable systems that ensure the security and reliability of data center operations. Collaborating with a diverse group of engineers, you will utilize cutting-edge technologies to optimize device connectivity and monitor system health. This position offers a unique opportunity to work on impactful projects that enhance the safety and availability of cloud infrastructure for millions of customers worldwide. If you are passionate about problem-solving and thrive in a collaborative environment, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of systems engineering experience in networking and storage.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop large-scale distributed software applications.
• Mentor junior engineers and produce comprehensive software documentation.

Skills

Software Development

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving

Communication Skills

Agile Methodology

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Python

Typescript

SQL

PowerShell

Agile Tools

Job description

Systems Development Engineer, Data Center Engineering Security Solutions

Job ID: 2945348 | Amazon Data Services, Inc.

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.

You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

Data Center Engineering designs and builds data centers to provide capacity for our AWS customers around the world. Safety, security, and availability are the most important things we deliver to our external and internal customers. You will build highly scalable systems to automate and maintain high availability of devices in our datacenters.

The Data Center Engineering Security Solutions organization owns a collection of security devices, third party software and firmware, and home-grown software tools and bespoke hardware solutions. This technology provides both physical and data security at traditional datacenters (lease/owned and Colo) as well as Edge and Non-traditional Environments. Our team is seeking System Development engineer with broad technical skills to help us optimize how we connect to these devices and monitor availability. You will deliver a system that monitors health of security devices, understands the criticality of each component, and drives prioritization and alarming for remediation of each system. As a member of this team you will employ Python and Typescript/Javascript and Database query language such as SQL. You will get to use the full set of AWS technologies to build these services. The services that you build will be a force multiplier for protecting the AWS cloud for all customers. This will help us preserve our customers’ trust in us. AWS is a world leader in providing highly available and secure infrastructure in the cloud and it powers millions of customers around the globe.

Key job responsibilities

1. Participate in the design, development, implementation, testing and documentation of large-scale, multi-tiered, distributed software applications, tools, systems and services.
2. Translate functional requirements into robust, scalable, supportable solutions that work well within the overall system architecture.
3. Participate in the full development cycle, end-to-end, from design, implementation, and testing to documentation, delivery and maintenance.
4. Produce comprehensive, usable software documentation.
5. Evaluate and make decisions around the use of new or existing software products and tools.
6. Mentor junior development engineers.

A day in the life
The ideal candidate will draw upon exemplary analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills, and a passion for maintaining highly reliable, distributed systems which operate 24/7/365. Successful members of this team collaborate effectively with internal end-users, cross-functional software development teams, and technical support/sustaining engineering teams to solve problems and deliver successfully against high operational standards of system availability and reliability. We look for engineers who are excellent communicators, self-motivated, flexible, hardworking, and who like to have fun!

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
2. 1+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
3. 5+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering experience
4. Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. Experience with PowerShell (preferred), Python, Ruby, or Java
2. Experience working in an Agile environment using the Scrum methodology
3. Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (networking, storage, operating systems)

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.