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Amazon Systems Engineer in London, United Kingdom
Description
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.
You'll be part of a world-class team in a dynamic environment that has the entrepreneurial feel of a start-up. This is an opportunity to operate and engineer systems on a massive scale, and to gain world class experience in cloud computing. You'll be surrounded by people who are passionate about cloud computing, believe that first class service is critical to customer success, and are committed to improvement.
Top reasons to join our team:
§ Be a catalyst to deliver truly disruptive products that are growing rapidly
§ Define, build, own, and run a service in 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
Key job responsibilities
WHAT DOES A SYSTEMS ENGINEER DO AT AMAZON?
Amazon has a collaborative, purposeful and enthusiastic environment where we “Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History.” On a typical day engineers might dive deep into understanding the root cause of a customer issue, investigate why a metric is trending the wrong way and consult with the top engineers at Amazon. We own our services and believe in making out-of-hours support as painless as possible. To achieve this, we implement Operational Excellence best practices and strive to automate manual processes. As a Systems Engineer at Amazon you will utilise your 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. You will draw on your networking knowledge to identity and troubleshoot network connectivity issues.
You understand system design best practices and the importance of implementing systems and services that are secure, scalable, reliable, resilient, efficient and performant.
You communicate clearly and collaborate with others to deliver results. You are a self-starter, comfortable dealing with ambiguity and change. You are customer-obsessed, always looking to understand customer pain points and find resolutions quickly and completely.
About the team
Inclusive Team Culture:
Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and we host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.
Work/Life Harmony:
Our team also puts a high value on work-life harmony. Striking a healthy balance between your personal and professional life is crucial to your happiness and success here.
Mentorship & Career Growth:
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and detailed and constructive code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded engineer and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
London, GBR
Basic Qualifications
• Advanced knowledge in Linux system administration
• Experience of systems automation using BASH, Python, Perl, etc • Practical understanding of network fundamentals (DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, routing, switching, HTTP)
• Good troubleshooting skills at all levels, from application to network to host
Preferred Qualifications
• Bachelor’s Degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science or related field, or relevant work experience
• Exposure to cloud computing concepts and design considerations
• Advanced knowledge of configuration management systems, such as: Puppet, Chef, Ansible, or related systems
• Experience with performance testing and tuning
• Experience in a 24x7 production environment
• Significant experience of monitoring frameworks (such as CloudWatch, Datadog, Grafana, Elastic or similar)
• Significant experience of systems automation using BASH, Python, Perl, etc
• Significant experience of network fundamentals (DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, routing, switching, HTTP)
Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need an adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please contact the Applicant-Candidate Accommodation Team (ACAT), Monday through Friday from 7:00 am GMT - 4:00 pm GMT. If calling directly from the United Kingdom, please dial +44 800 086 9884 (tel:+448000869884). If calling from Ireland, please dial +353 1800 851 489 (tel:+3531800851489).