Senior Systems Engineer - European Sovereign Cloud
We are seeking an experienced senior systems engineer to lead the launch of our European Sovereign Cloud initiative. As part of the AWS Managed Operations team, you will build and lead operations and development teams dedicated to delivering high-availability AWS services.
About the Role:
You will oversee the launch of the European Sovereign Cloud, collaborating with global AWS teams and influencing the evolution of AWS services and technology. Your responsibilities will include:
* Collaborating with technology leaders to enhance day-to-day operations
* Ensuring improvements in availability, reliability, latency, performance, and efficiency of the European Sovereign Cloud
* Participating in on-call rotations to resolve incidents occurring out-of-hours
Minimum Requirements:
To be successful in this role, you must have:
* Fluency in written and spoken English
* The legal right to work in Ireland
* 9+ years of systems engineering experience working with hardware, software, networking, operating systems
* Proficiency leading the creation, revision, and/or improvement of standard operational procedures (SOPs)
* Proficiency scripting processes in a language such as Bash, Python, or Ruby
Preferred Qualifications:
We are looking for candidates with experience in:
* Driving operational best practices
* Troubleshooting and anticipating problems that affect the performance, reliability, or availability of software systems
* Working cross-organizationally and leading strategic team efforts requiring work from multiple team members
* Mentoring junior engineers
* Performance tuning software applications and optimizing fleet utilization
* Infrastructure as Code, such as CDK, CloudFormation, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, or similar
About Amazon:
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