Build the Cloud, Not Just Use It
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At AWS, our Engineers focus on the behind-the-scenes software and tools that power the world's largest cloud computing infrastructure. We have an exciting opportunity for a System Development Engineer to join our dynamic network team in a collaborative environment.
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As a SysDE, you will help deploy, manage, fix, and reinvent the tools, services, and components that network engineering relies on to automate our network and keep it operational. Your internal customers are your network engineer colleagues, and through close collaboration, support, and exchange of ideas, we share a common goal to serve our external customers and grow through learning and innovation.
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You will work in an Agile environment with the most advanced tools, processes, and talented people in the industry to make the Cloud a reality.
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* Simplify and reinvent systems, processes, and tools to improve customer experiences
* Manage and grow innovative, production-quality tools to solve real operational problems for our network
* Investigate technical issues scientifically and thoroughly, and assist in fixing them to prevent recurrence
* Provide technical solutions to real business problems in a global organization
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Join us as we deliver truly disruptive products, define, build, own, and run services in a high growth environment, and build the tools and utilities that power our internal services.
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Mentorship & Career Growth:
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We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we're building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and detailed and constructive code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded engineer and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.
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Inclusive Team Culture:
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We embrace our differences and 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.
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Work/Life Harmony:
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We value work-life harmony and believe striking a healthy balance between your personal and professional life is crucial to your happiness and success here.
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Key Job Responsibilities:
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A SysDE is responsible for maintaining their teams' services, requiring them to troubleshoot and identify the root causes of any issues that arise within their systems and any subcomponents. A SysDE will utilize testing, monitoring, and validations on their services, tools, and infrastructure to ensure their teams can continuously deploy new versions of the services with minimal interruption. A SysDE will identify areas to invent, refine, and develop automation and tools to reduce manual operations and fulfill the requirements of the business and their customers.
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About the Team:
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AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. We're the people who keep the cloud running, supporting 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.
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Diverse Experiences:
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AWS values diverse experiences and encourages candidates from non-traditional backgrounds to apply.
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Why AWS?
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform, empowering businesses to innovate and succeed.
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BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
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* Relevant experience in software development, systems engineering, SRE or DevOps roles
* Knowledge of professional software engineering best practices for the full software development life cycle
* Practical understanding of network fundamentals (DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, routing, switching, HTTP)
* Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (host networking, storage, *nix operating systems)
* Demonstrable experience programming with at least one modern language
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PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
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* Experience with Python
* Experience designing, developing or operating cloud services running on AWS or another cloud platform
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Equal Opportunities Employer:
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We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills.