Systems Engineer, AWS

Job  | AWS EMEA SARL (UK Branch)

Would you like to help implement innovative cloud computing solutions and solve the most complex technical problems? Are you excited by the prospect of building and running the world’s largest cloud computing infrastructure to provide a better world for future generations? Amazon Web Services (AWS) builds and operates some of the largest internet infrastructure on the planet, providing companies of all sizes with an infrastructure web services platform in the cloud.

With AWS, customers provision compute power, storage, database, and other cloud resources as their business demands them. To meet the growing demand for AWS services around the globe, we need exceptionally motivated people who are driven by learning and innovation.

• Be a catalyst to deliver truly disruptive products that are growing rapidly
• Define, build, own, and run a service in a high growth environment
• Solve unique and first‑order problems at massive‑scale across many AWS Services
• Learn how to build and operate distributed systems at massive scale
• Build and influence the tools and utilities that are part of the AWS fleet running our internal services

Amazon has a collaborative, purposeful and enthusiastic environment where we “Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History.” On a typical day, engineers dive deep into understanding the root cause of a customer issue, investigate why a metric is trending the wrong way and consult with senior engineers  own our services and make out‑of‑hours support as painless as possible. To achieve this, we implement Operational Excellence best practices and strive to automate manual processes.

Our Systems Engineering roles help engineers develop a broad range of skills. They utilise their Linux skills to troubleshoot, innovate fixes and workarounds, keep software up‑to‑date and provide data and metrics that help manage the capacity and efficiency of our services. They draw on their networking knowledge to identify and troubleshoot network connectivity issues. They communicate clearly and collaborate with others to deliver results.

They are self‑starters, comfortable dealing with ambiguity and change, and are customer‑obsessed, always looking to understand customer pain points and find resolutions quickly and completely.

You will need to be a UK national and able to obtain and maintain a UK Government Security Clearance. Further details found here:

• Working knowledge of Linux system administration and good troubleshooting skills at all levels, from application to network to host
• Experience of systems automation using BASH, Python, Perl, etc
• Experience of network fundamentals (DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, routing, switching, HTTP)

• Exposure to cloud computing concepts and design considerations
• Knowledge of configuration management systems, such as:
  Puppet, Chef, Ansible, or related systems

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