Senior System Development Engineer Global Connectivity and Network Availability

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design planning delivery and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words were 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 were looking for talented people who want to help.

Youll join a diverse team of software hardware and network engineers supply chain specialists security experts operations managers and other vital roles. Youll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And youll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

As a Senior Systems Development Engineer of the Backbone Enterprise and Regional Engineering (BERE) team you will provide expertise to expand solutions that support the backbone of the entire AWS global network. In this role you will interact with senior applied scientists and engineers to understand requirements and extend platforms that support softwaredefined networks (SDN). You will grow to lead design reviews aligning engineering efforts across an organization towards an overall technical strategy. In addition you will support and scale your solutions to meet the evergrowing demand of customer use.

AWS Global Connectivity and Network Availability (GCNA) is the backbone that connects the global AWS network. It is dedicated to managing the internet traffic that allows users to access their information and applications regardless of where they are in the world. GCNA is responsible for building and designing a complex backbone network that allows internet traffic to flow efficiently between Data Centers and customers.
If you are interested in designing and supporting enterprisescale infrastructure wed love for you to apply! Come join us if you want to test your limits and tackle technical challenges that you wont see anywhere else.

Key job responsibilities
You will be a handson technical lead who is responsible for all phases of the project development cycle. You will work with customers to gather requirements generate technical designs and carry the project from implementation through validation and operations. In the role youll need to lean on your strong leadership and communication skills to mentor other engineers and provide training and support for our technologies. Your experience working in systems development or in an enterprise environment will help us implement automated solutions across a variety of applications and systems.
Youll also:
Lead in building complex software systems and successfully delivering them to customers.
Use your strong problemsolving skills ability to understand and scope solutions work across teams to drive solutions.
Design implement test deploy and maintain innovative solutions to transform service performance durability cost and security.
Write high quality distributed system software.
Work in an agile startuplike development environment where you are always working on the most important stuff.
Work closely with our Network/Systems/Software Engineering teams to ensure fast and smooth rollout of new designs and products as well as assist with deployment and sustaining of networking software tools.
Use data to measure success and take responsibility for the quality of your service and regardless of their source strive to prevent faults from impacting your customers.
Contribute to documentation of process and procedures.
Actively grow the team through supporting candidate interviews.
Participate in an oncall rotation with your team.

A day in the life
Engineers in the Backbone Enterprise and Regional Engineering (BERE) organization have a wide range
of responsibilities; we work with internal partners to develop and implement the nextgeneration platforms along with the tooling ecosystems to support these platforms driving efficiency and scalability through the automation of builds configuration deployment and the scaling of capacity. As our network is one of the largest in the world there is no blueprint allowing our engineers to develop solutions to complex challenges that we face daily. We encourage durable solutions that
look around corners while taking into consideration our customer needs from a cost performance and
reliability perspective. Our team develops tooling that provides the required visibility and control of
traffic across the network while prioritizing the automatic mitigation of events to minimize the impact
to our customers during events.
In this role you:
Work in a 24x7 team oncall rotation with ability to drive into workplace for critical events/needs.
Manage customers during problem resolution and operating efficiently under pressure.
Sit at the computer during scheduled work hours with appropriate breaks while maintaining a high level of alertness and attention to detail.
Travel to data center/network sites and Amazon/customer offices as needed.

About the team
Within AWS Networking the Backbone Enterprise and Regional Engineering (BERE) organization is
responsible for the design implementation and operations of a wide array of networking infrastructure
that provide global connectivity between all AWS Regions and edge locations.
BERE provides the massive scale required to support our AWS customers and internal services via a
network that experiences 70 growth annually. In addition they have teams that are responsible for the design and operation of our global corporate office and Data Center network allowing tens of thousands of Amazonians to perform their daily tasks in support of our customers.

AWS Global Connectivity and Network Availability (GCNA) Vides:
Working at AWS in the GCNA Team Meet Robert VP: at AWS in the GCNA Team Meet Xiaonan Sr. Systems Development Engineer: Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting hasnt followed a traditional path or includes alternative experiences dont let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS
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Inclusive Team Culture
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Mentorship & Career Growth
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Work/Life Balance
We value worklife harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home theres nothing we cant achieve in the cloud.

A Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or relevant degree/experience.
6 years of professional software development experience in a similar environment.
4 years of programming/scripting experience with at least one modern language such as C C# Java Python Golang PowerShell or Ruby.
4 years of experience with monitoring troubleshooting and resolving system and software components.
4 years of experience deploying and operating Linux in an enterprise environment and a solid grasp on operating system fundamentals.
3 years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and current systems.
3 years of experience working independently as a senior contributor or a lead member in large project teams at other organizations.

Strong knowledge of system architecture best practice and experience designing with and integrating cloudbased services into production products.
Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations.
Extensive experience with modern software development practices including Agile methodologies and DevOps.
Experience with Linux containers Kubernetes Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) and Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) is a plus.
Strong objectoriented design and coding skills.
Proven handson experience of working with AWS products to deliver software systems.
Familiarity with building native cloud solutions asynchronous messaging and network protocols.
Strong experience with distributed computing and largescale systems.
Experience taking a leading role in building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers.
Indepth knowledge of and experience with networking and/or systems technologies.
Experience in communicating with users other technical teams and senior management to collect requirements describe software product features technical designs and product strategy.
Awareness of cloud technologies and architecture.
Experience influencing engineering best practices within your team.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $235200/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity signon payments and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits. For more information please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.