Role Overview
This is a Systems Development Engineer, Region Services role with Amazon based in Melbourne, VIC, AU
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 constantly 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, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.
We're the team powering AWS's global infrastructure, designing and operating the foundation that enables every AWS service worldwide. If you're passionate about solving complex distributed systems challenges at unprecedented scale, you could help shape our next generation of cloud infrastructure. We are actively seeking experienced Systems Development Engineers with a strong background in automation and operations.
Must hold or be able to attain an Australian Government Security Vetting Agency clearance.
Key Responsibilities
* Support the refinement of system requirements and participate in the development and delivery of operability-related features such as system health monitoring, diagnostics, repair, and other self-healing automation.
* Develop or further existing application and system management tools and processes that reduce manual efforts and increase overall efficiency.
* Adapt and improve operations management systems and processes to accommodate rapid and increasing growth in systems and traffic.
* Participate in the design and execution of production acceptance tests and new hardware evaluations.
* Monitor the health of the fleet, automating system health, maintenance tasks, and reporting systems as needed.
* Participate in "on-call" rotations to resolve incidents occurring out-of-hours.
Daily Life
A typical day in this role involves collaborating with technology leaders, contributing to the enhancement of day-to-day operations, and ensuring improvements in availability, reliability, latency, performance, and efficiency.
Qualifications
* 1+ years of contributing to automation for new and current system experience.
* Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, Rust.
* Experience with Linux/Unix and operating 24x7 high‑availability distributed software applications and performance tuning.
* 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).
Key Strengths
* Automation
* Programming
* Linux/Unix
* Network fundamentals
* Monitoring frameworks
* Infrastructure as Code
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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