AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. 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.
The Role
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.
You'll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.
The Team
The Network Monitoring team in AWS is looking for Software Development Engineers (SysDe) to build the software that monitors the AWS network, one of the world's largest and most complex networks.
Tens of millions of customers rely on Amazon's network for using our retail websites, accessing content on their Kindles and building applications and businesses on top of Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Our success depends on our world-class network infrastructure, and our network depends on our Network Monitoring team.
Your Responsibilities
* Simplifying and reinventing systems, processes, and tools to make things better for our customers
* Managing and growing innovative, production-quality tools to solve real operational problems for our network
* Investigating technical issues scientifically and thoroughly, and assist in fixing them so they don't come back
* Providing technical solutions to real business problems in a global organization
Why You'll Thrive Here
* Be a catalyst to deliver truly disruptive products that are growing rapidly
* Define, build, own, and run a service in a high growth environment
* Build and influence the tools and utilities that are part of the AWS fleet running our internal services
* Learning from industry recognized Amazon distinguished engineers
About You
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 utilise 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 fulfil the requirements of the business and their customers.
Qualifications
* Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (networking, storage, operating systems)
* Experience (non-internship) in professional software development
* Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
* Experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering
* Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby
Preferred qualifications include experience with PowerShell (preferred), Python, Ruby, or Java, and experience working in an Agile environment using the Scrum methodology.