Systems Development Engineer

Job description

DESCRIPTION

The AWS Worldwide Revenue Operations (WWRO) Customer Insights & Reporting (CIR) team owns analytics solutions that enable internal AWS users to obsess over customers and make proactive, data-driven recommendations that position AWS as a strategic business partner in addition to a world-class cloud computing provider.

We are seeking a passionate, innovative, results-oriented Systems Development Engineer to help evolve and maintain tooling built by WWRO CIR and raise the bar on platform security, availability, and scalability. We are looking for an individual that thrives in a collaborative culture, playing a key role in
operational excellence and efficiency, security compliance, and beyond.

This is an excellent opportunity to join AWS's world class technical team working with some of the best and brightest engineers while also developing your skills and furthering your career within one of the most innovative and progressive technology companies anywhere.

As a Systems Development Engineer you will:
· Identify and resolve issues, automate and improve repetitive processes, and work closely with the development team to identify operational need
· 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
· Drive prioritization of operational issues, and drive automation design & scaling requirements in support of the wider organization.
· Create and update our infrastructure and security standards and ensure that the systems adhere these standards
We have a team culture that encourages innovation and we expect team members and management alike to operate with a high degree of ownership. We are looking for someone that is a true owner and who is happiest innovating relentlessly on behalf of our customers, comfortably navigating ambiguous problems to find simple solutions.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

· Experience with AWS technologies and services or industry certification (AWS Solutions Architect, AWS DevOps Engineer, AWS SysOps Admin)
· Experience working with business intelligence systems and architecture, such as Tableau or Power BI
· Experience working in a fast-paced DevOps environment (familiarity with DevOps concepts and lifecycle)
· Strong Windows/Linux debugging and systems analysis skills to be able to identify and quickly resolve/mitigate issues
· Exposure to large-scale distributed systems
· Previous experience with the following in a LINUX environments: LDAP, DHCP, NTP
· Experience with configuration management systems (i.e. Ansible, Chef, CFEngine, etc.)
· Experience working in critical systems and 24x7 production environment
· Ability to track the health of our services, identify and fix problems on complex systems with massive scale
· Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well in a team
· Strong sense of ownership and urgency
· Meets/exceeds Amazon’s leadership principles requirements for this role
· Meets/exceeds Amazon’s functional/technical depth and complexity for this role

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Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· 5+ years systems administration and engineering experience in a UNIX/Linux operating system
· 3+ years programming experience in at least one modern language
· Understanding of system and application performance characteristics, including load balancers, firewalls, and network troubleshooting fundamentals
· Systems administration experience in a Windows operating system
· Experience managing day-to-day development activities including leading architecture decisions, participating in system design, code review, and implementation.