System Development Engineer, Amazon

• Relevant experience in software development, systems engineering, SRE or DevOps roles
• Knowledge of professional software engineering best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations. Practical understanding of network fundamentals (DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, routing, switching, HTTP)
• Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (host networking, storage, *nix operating systems). Demonstrable experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python, C++, C#, Java, Golang, Ruby

Desirable

• At AWS, our Engineers look after the behind-the-scenes software and tools that make the world's largest cloud computing infrastructure possible
• We have an amazing opportunity for you to join a world-class network team in a dynamic environment that has the feel of a start-up
• As a System Development Engineer you will help to deploy, manage, fix and reinvent the tools, services and components that network engineering rely on to automate our network and keep it operational
• Your internal customers are your network engineer colleagues, and through close collaboration, support and exchange of ideas, we share a common goal to serve our external customers and grow through learning and innovation
• If you are exceptionally motivated and passionate about the work you do then we welcome you to join us, working in an Agile environment with the most advanced tools, processes and talented people in the industry to make the Cloud a reality
• Simplifying and reinventing systems, processes, and tools to make things better for our customers
• Managing and growing innovative, production-quality tools to solve real operational problems for our network
• Investigating technical issues scientifically and thoroughly, and assist in fixing them so they don't come back
• Providing technical solutions to real business problems in a global organization
• Be a catalyst to deliver truly disruptive products that are growing rapidly
• Define, build, own, and run a service in a high growth environment
• Build and influence the tools and utilities that are part of the AWS fleet running our internal services
• Learning from industry recognized Amazon distinguished engineers
• AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure
• In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running
• We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on
• We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help
• A SysDE is responsible for maintaining their teams’ services, requiring them to troubleshoot and identify the root causes of any issues that arise within their systems and any subcomponents
• A SysDE will utilise testing, monitoring, and validations on their services, tools, and infrastructure to ensure their teams can continuously deploy new versions of the services with minimal interruption
• A SysDE will identify areas to invent, refine, and develop automation and tools to reduce manual operations and fulfil the requirements of the business and their customers
• The Systems Development team manages all of the software services and platforms that builds, operates, monitors and assures the AWS network within an isolated region