Sr. Systems Development Engineer, Managed Operations
We are looking for highly motivated Senior Systems Development Engineers to join our team at Amazon Web Services (AWS). If you enjoy diving deep into complex software systems and improving their performance, reliability, scalability, and efficiency, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.
About the Role
The AWS Managed Operations (MO) organization was founded to reduce operational load and toil through long-term engineering projects. We are building a best-in-class engineering and operations team that will own the day-to-day operations for AWS Regions; improving the availability, reliability, latency, performance, and efficiency to operate AWS regions.
As a Senior Systems Development Engineer, you will balance the day-to-day operations of AWS' software systems with long-term software engineering to reduce operational toil. You will work on a wide range of systems and technologies that make up one of the world's largest cloud providers.
About the Team
AWS values diverse experiences and encourages candidates from all backgrounds to apply. We believe that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success and make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills.
Responsibilities
* Operating production systems and making long-term improvements to the reliability, availability, and performance of those software systems.
* Troubleshooting reliable, scalable software systems and leading strategic team efforts requiring work from multiple team members.
* Performance tuning software applications and optimizing fleet utilization as well as monitoring frameworks (such as CloudWatch, Datadog, Grafana, Elastic or similar).
* Working with Infrastructure as Code (such as CDK, CloudFormation, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, or similar) and operating services in AWS as well as experience scripting operating system tasks in Bash, Python, etc.
Requirements
* 5+ years of experience in software development or related field.
* Experience operating and troubleshooting reliable, scalable software systems.
* Proficient in at least one modern programming language such as Java, Typescript, Python, or Ruby.
* Successful applicants must have the legal right to work in Ireland.
* Proficient in operating 24x7 high-availability, distributed software applications.
What We Offer
We offer a dynamic and inclusive work environment with opportunities for growth and development. As an equal opportunities employer, we value your passion to discover, invent, simplify, and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a top priority for Amazon.