DESCRIPTION

Amazon Web Services (AWS) runs one of the biggest networks in the world. We leverage big data technologies and deep network analytics software to drive network automation, performance, and reliability. At Amazon we push the boundaries in robustness, fault-tolerance and smart adaptive algorithms that can react intelligently to real-world events. We operate on an unimaginable scale, and keep reinventing our systems each year to drive the cost down for our customers while increasing the availability and scalability.

We are currently looking for a Systems Development Engineer to join our team for building and maintaining a first-class software service that serves as an execution environment for all network device operations across all of AWS and Amazon.com.

What will you do here?

We give our engineers complete ownership of their realm, they start by gathering requirements, choosing technologies, designing features, deploying them across the globe and maintaining them. We might look big from the outside, but you would feel like being part of a startup within, working and collaborating with smart group of people around you. This is an opportunity to work at the forefront of networking and cloud evolution, enabling and extending our distributed systems on a massive scale across multiple data centers, multiple countries and millions of customers.

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· Do what nobody else in the world is doing

· Lead the next-generation of Amazon's transition towards Software Defined Networking

· Work with tens of different teams in AWS Networking to understand and integrate their software services into our infrastructure

· Collaborate with and learn from world leaders in networking and distributed systems

· Gain practical experience of building incredible software using Amazon Web Services

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Previously built and operated infrastructure services that fuel innovation throughout an organization. You are very comfortable and confident working on Linux systems. You have very strong knowledge of operating system and networking fundamentals. You understand TCP/IP and other common network protocols. You are proficient with at least one high-level scripting language. You have a bias toward automation and a track record of creating automated solutions. You have experience operating distributed systems and diagnosing and resolving complex problems. You thrive on delivering high-quality solutions in a hyper-growth environment where priorities shift fast. You pay attention to detail and solve problems at their root.

If we have described you here, then you should be a good fit for this role.

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· Understand business needs and requirements

· Have a complete understanding of various system interdependency and limitations

· Functionally decompose complex problems into simple, straight-forward solutions

· Architect, design, implement, support, and secure services' infrastructure

· Evaluate and recommend new and emerging technologies

· Identify security issues and risks, and develop mitigation plans

· Mentor junior members of the team

· Support critical infrastructure services that process millions of requests every minute

· Participate in on-call rotation

· Participate in projects that develop new intellectual property

We strive to eliminate human intervention and errors from network engineering and network build processes by building software services and tools that successfully manage thousands of heterogeneous devices in dozens of data centers across the world with zero human touch. We are a fast growing highly motivated team of software and system developers who thrive on solving challenging problems and building large-scale distributed software systems. Join us if you like working hard, having fun and making history. We do just that.

Have more questions? Please reach out and talk to us! We'll be happy to setup an informational call to give more context and details about the job.

Amazon is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer - Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or other technical discipline or equivalent work experience

· 5+ years of System Engineering experience in the cloud

· Strong ownership, urgency, and drive to launch infrastructure services

· The ability to write code to solve problems and automate repetitive tasks in a common scripting or programming language such as Python, Ruby, Bash, Go, etc.

· Linux-based system administration or development

· Experience running / troubleshooting a 24x7 production computing environment

· Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well in a team and to interface with multiple teams across an organization

· Understanding of network fundamentals

· Strong analytical skills, with excellent problem solving abilities

· Ability to make concrete progress in the face of ambiguity and imperfect knowledge

· Demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in a highly innovative and fast paced environment

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

· Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or other technical discipline.

· Firm grasp and experience with networking fundamentals

· Understanding and experience building automated and self-healing distributed systems in commercial scale

· Experience driving large, cross-organization initiatives

· Experience using Amazon Web Services such as EC2, EBS, and S3

· Experience with a modern programming language such as C, C++, or Java

· Experience in Agile / SCRUM enterprise - scale software development

· Experience with deployment management tools such as Puppet, Chef, or Ansible