Snr. Systems Development Engineer, ESC Managed Operations

AWS is set to introduce the inaugural European Sovereign Cloud (ESC) marking a significant development in utility computing (UC). To spearhead this initiative we are actively seeking experienced systems development engineers with a strong background in automation and operations. As part of the AWS Managed Operations team you will play a pivotal role in building and leading operations and development teams dedicated to delivering high-availability AWS services including EC2 S3 Dynamo Lambda and Bedrock exclusively for EU customers. For more information on ESC please check out our blog:
Utility Computing (UC)
AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations from foundational services such as Amazons Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWSs services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization youll 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.

Eligibility requirement
* Fluency in written and spoken English
* Applicants must have the legal right to work in Ireland
* Amazon will provide relocation support for successful applicants relocating within the European Union

Key job responsibilities
Your responsibilities will focus on transforming how AWS operates its global infrastructure. You will design and implement systemic solutions that fundamentally reduce operational complexity and cost across AWS regions. Your work will involve creating scalable automation systems that eliminate operational toil and standardize workflows.

A significant aspect of your role will involve close collaboration with service teams operational staff and leadership to identify pain points and architect solutions that deliver lasting improvements. You will help shape the future of AWS operations by contributing to the next generation of cloud infrastructure management while ensuring solutions are both scalable and maintainable. You may be required to occasionally participate in on-call rotations to resolve incidents occurring out-of-hours.



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5 years of experience in software development or related field
Proficient in at least one modern programming language such as Java Typescript Python or Ruby Able to troubleshoot at all levels from network to operating systems to software applications
Experience operating troubleshooting and performance tuning software applications and optimizing fleet utilization.
Strong understanding of network fundamentals (DNS DHCP TCP/IP routing load balancing load shedding).

Experience leading strategic team efforts requiring work from multiple team members
Proficient with Infrastructure as Code (such as CDK CloudFormation Puppet Chef Ansible or similar) Proficient with operating services in AWS Experience with monitoring frameworks (such as CloudWatch Datadog Grafana Elastic or similar)
Experience scripting operating system tasks in Bash Python etc.
Proficient in operating 24x7 high-availability distributed software applications Desire to dive deep into and find opportunities to improve the reliability availability and performance of distributed software systems

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