Senior Systems Engineer, AWS Managed Operations

Senior Systems Engineer, AWS Managed Operations (MO) AWSOM Team Job ID: | Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. Would you enjoy diving deep into, operating, and improving some of the largest software systems humanity has ever built? Do the challenges that come of driving technical, business, and cultural change to improve the reliability, performance, and efficiency excite you? The AWS Managed Operations (MO) organization was founded in April 2023, with the objective to reduce operational load and toil through long-term engineering projects. MO is building the 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. Amazon is looking for highly motivated Senior Systems Engineers who can balance the day-to-day operations of AWS’ software systems with long-term software engineering to reduce operational toil. We need engineers who enjoy constantly learning and diving deep into the wide range of systems and technologies that make up one of the world’s largest cloud providers. AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations — from foundational services such as Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS’s services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you’ll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (IoT), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS. Overview of AWSUC (Utility Computing) and related organization context are described above. Inclusive Team Culture, Mentorship & Career Growth, and Work/Life Balance philosophies are highlighted in the original description to illustrate AWS’s emphasis on people and culture. About the team AWS Operations Management (AWSOM) team’s mission is to launch a new offering that will drive security, availability, performance and efficiency improvements to operate AWS Regions globally. We relentlessly remove operational toil through automation to run day-to-day operations at scale. We increase collaboration, bridge development and operations while prioritizing the needs of our customers. AWSOM team’s vision is to own the operational responsibility for all Utility Compute (UC) services in AWS commercial and sovereign regions to free up service teams time to continue innovating quickly for our customers. AWSOM will be responsible for service availability, latency, performance, efficiency, change management and monitoring. AWSOM will also directly influence the experience of our customers through recommending to service teams to build resilience and reliability into the products at the forefront. Basic Qualifications 8+ years of relevant systems engineering, or systems administration experience using Operating Systems, networking, and storage systems 5+ years of Systems Engineering, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) or Enterprise Production experience in Windows / Linux or similar environments 3+ years' experience operating in a 24/7 production environment. 3+ years experience with a scripting language: Perl, Python, Ruby, PowerShell or similar languages Preferred Qualifications Bachelor\'s Degree in Computer Information Systems, Computer Engineering or a related discipline 6+ years of networking experience 6+ years\' experience with support procedures and methodologies for production computing environments. Development of systems automation in a scripting language: Perl, Python, Ruby, PowerShell or similar languages Experience with Agile engineering practices (Scrum, continuous delivery, etc) Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $143,900/year in our lowest geographic market up to $248,700/year in our highest geographic market. 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