Amazon is set to introduce the inaugural European Sovereign Cloud, a significant development in utility computing. To spearhead this initiative, we are seeking experienced systems development engineers with a strong background in automation and operations.
Key Responsibilities
* Oversee the launch of the European Sovereign Cloud in 2025.
* Work closely with global AWS teams to influence the evolution of AWS services and technology.
* Contribute to the enhancement of day-to-day operations and ensure improvements in availability, reliability, latency, performance, and efficiency of the cloud.
* Participate in on-call rotations to resolve incidents occurring out-of-hours.
The overarching goal is to deliver scalable services and ensure a high-availability experience for EU customers.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
* At least 3 years of experience in software development or a related field with proficiency in at least one modern programming language (e.g., Java, Typescript, Python, or Ruby).
* At least 3 years of experience with Linux, using the command line and basic administration, and computer networking fundamentals.
* Able to troubleshoot at all levels, from network to operating systems to software applications.
* Experience supporting cloud systems or other services.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
* Excellent communication and problem-solving skills across languages.
* Experience operating 24x7 high-availability, distributed software applications and performance tuning software applications and optimizing fleet utilization.
* Strong understanding of network fundamentals (DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, routing, load balancing, load shedding) and experience with monitoring frameworks (such as CloudWatch, Datadog, Grafana, Elastic or similar).
* Experience scripting operating system tasks in Bash, Python, etc. and with Infrastructure as Code, (such as CDK, CloudFormation, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, or similar).
* Experience operating services in AWS.