DESCRIPTION

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is adding to a team of talented engineers to focus on supporting highly scalable software platforms using cutting-edge technologies. This is a unique opportunity to contribute in building full-stack "serverless" and microservices-based applications, advanced learning solutions, and much more from the ground up using pioneering technologies.

We're looking for a Systems Development Engineer to own automation, scaling, and solving operations with software across our platforms. This will include identifying and resolving issues, automating and improving repetitive processes, and working closely with the development team to identify operational needs. You will become intimately familiar with the architecture of our systems, and be responsible for diving deep into code, while developing solutions for our customers and services. You'll drive prioritization of operational issues, and drive automation design & scaling requirements in support of the wider organization.

We are building solutions with increasing needs to scale, and in parallel with explosive growth within AWS. If this sounds like the right challenge for you then please apply today!

Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and we host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon's culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 14 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.

We're dedicated to supporting new team members. Our team has a broad mix of experience levels and Amazon tenures, and we're building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship.

Our team also puts a high value on work-life balance. Striking a healthy balance between your personal and professional life is crucial to your happiness and success here, which is why we aren't focused on how many hours you spend at work or online. Instead, we're happy to offer a flexible schedule so you can have a more productive and well-balanced life-both in and outside of work.

This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen and must currently possess an active Top Secret security clearance. The position further requires that, after start, the selected candidate obtain and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph and satisfy other security related requirements.

This role will sit in our new headquarters in Northern Virginia, where Amazon will invest $2.5 billion dollars, occupy 4 million square feet of energy efficient office space, and create at least 25,000 new full-time jobs. Our employees and the neighboring community will also benefit from the associated investments from the Commonwealth including infrastructure updates, public transportation improvements, and new access to Reagan National Airport.

By working together on behalf of our customers, we are building the future one innovative product, service, and idea at a time. Are you ready to embrace the challenge? Come build the future with us.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 3 years' of DevOps or SysOps experience in a large-scale software development environment.
• 2+ Programming experience with at least one modern language.
• Experience with distributed operational health and performance monitoring systems.
• 1+ years of experience contributing to automation for new and current systems.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in Site Reliability Engineering.
• Experience specifying, designing, and/or implementing system health, performance monitoring tools.
• Experience monitoring the health of software services, automating system health, maintenance tasks, and reporting systems as needed.
• Experience designing and/or implementing automated software testing, deployment and performance analysis systems.
• Experience conducting failure mode analysis in complex distributed systems.
• Experience conducting efficiency and duplication analysis across large organizations.
• Experience reviewing and refining design and architecture documents presented by partner teams for operational readiness, fault tolerance and scalability.
• Experience with AWS Services - AWS Certified SysOps Administrator or AWS Certified Solutions Architect.
• Experience with Networking configurations such as CIDR blocks, Subnetting, AWS VPC, and IAM Policies.
• Ability to adapt and improve operations management systems and processes to accommodate rapid and increasing growth in systems and traffic.
• Experience developing or furthering existing application and system management tools and processes that reduce manual efforts and increase overall efficiency.
• Manage directly assigned tasks, and on-call duties gracefully.
• Ability to work in a diverse team environment.
• Meets/exceeds Amazon's leadership principles requirements for this role
• Meets/exceeds Amazon's functional/technical depth and complexity for this role
Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and we host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon's culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 14 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.

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.

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