Systems Engineer-I, AWS Field Experiences
DESCRIPTION
The AWS Field Experiences (AFX) team owns analytics solutions/infrastructure that enable AWS sales team to obsess over customers and make proactive, data-driven recommendations that position AWS as a strategic business partner in addition to a world-class cloud computing provider.
We are seeking a passionate, innovative, results-oriented Systems Engineer to help evolve and maintain 1P/3P tooling and raise the bar on security, availability, and scalability. We are looking for an individual that thrives in a collaborative culture, playing a key role in
operational excellence and efficiency, security compliance, and beyond.
This is an excellent opportunity to join AWS's world class technical team working with some of the best and brightest engineers while also developing your skills and furthering your career within one of the most innovative and progressive technology companies anywhere.
Key job responsibilities
As a Systems Engineer you will:
- Build/maintain 1P/3P infrastructure and security standards and ensure that the systems adhere to these standards
- Identify and resolve issues, automate and improve repetitive processes, and work closely with the development team to identify operational need
- Become intimately familiar with the architecture of our systems, and be responsible for diving deep into code, while developing solutions for our customers and services
- Drive prioritization of operational issues, and drive automation design & scaling requirements in support of the wider organization.
A day in the life
Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have twelve employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and 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.
About the team
ABOUT AWS:
Diverse Experiences
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Why AWS
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Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.
Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship and Career Growth
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BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering experience
- 1+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 1+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience with AWS technologies and services or industry certification (AWS Solutions Architect, AWS DevOps Engineer, AWS SysOps Admin)
- Experience working with business intelligence systems and architecture, such as Tableau or Power BI
- Experience working in a fast-paced DevOps environment (familiarity with DevOps concepts and lifecycle)
- Strong Windows/Linux debugging and systems analysis skills to be able to identify and quickly resolve/mitigate issues
- Experience in designing and scaling the large-scale distributed systems
- Experience working in critical systems and production on-call environment
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well in a team
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby
- Experience in automating, deploying, and supporting large-scale infrastructure
- Experience with networking fundamentals including hands-on experience with load balancers, switches, routers, etc.
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