Systems Development Engineer II, Kuiper Devices and Systems Infrastructure
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Job Location:
Bellevue, WA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
4 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Amazon Leo is Amazons low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast reliable internet to customers and communities around the world and weve designed the system with the capacity flexibility and performance to serve a wide range of customers from individual households to schools hospitals businesses government agencies and other organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.
Export Control : This position requires that the candidate selected be a U.S. Citizen in order to comply with U.S. government-imposed requirements related to the nature of the work and/or where it will be performed.
This Systems Development Engineer role focuses on supporting essential Leo shared software services and infrastructure across multiple business functions such a mechanical printed circuit board ASIC and wiring. These functions require managing software services lab environments infrastructure both on-premise including hyper-converged and in AWS and data all in support of satellite research and development. Youll design environments and manage both their physical and cloud infrastructure which includes operating systems administration across Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Windows used by the business critical design functions.
The position requires hands-on management of server deployments system maintenance and infrastructure improvements while ensuring consistent uptime for engineering teams. Working directly with stakeholders youll gather requirements plan improvements and implement changes through formal change control processes. Success in this role demands strict adherence to change management procedures to maintain system stability including proper documentation stakeholder approval and scheduled maintenance windows. Youll balance urgent system needs with controlled changes while maintaining both cloud and physical environments supporting satellite development operations.
Key job responsibilities
- Server Administration - Customizing deploying and administrating Linux and/or Windows physical and virtualized servers in hybrid environments.
- Cloud Engineering - Designing deploying and maintaining services and their environments on one or more major cloud service providers (e.g. AWS Azure GCP etc.).
- Network Administration - Deploying and managing networking resources in support of both cloud and on-premise infrastructure.
- Service Operations - Ensuring required service levels are maintained to customer specification via service and infrastructure instrumentation monitoring and reporting. Ensure support change and disaster recovery processes are established and followed.
- Solution Design - Working with internal partners and engineering peers on requirements and designing a respective solution in a disciplined and collaborative approach.
- Continuous Improvement - Evaluate current services and their implementation in cooperation with partners and peers to make improvements.
- Automation and Documentation - Create and maintain automation for routine and deterministic workflows along with authoring contributing and maintaining high quality documentation for all stages of a services life cycle.
A day in the life
Kuiper Devices & Systems - Infrastructure is looking for experienced and dedicated team members to manage the administration maintenance and development of services and environments for various Amazon Leo design and manufacturing functions (e.g. Integrated Circuits Mechanical Parts Printed Circuit Board Machining ) and ServiceNow. The ideal candidate is innovative has great problem-solving skills and pride in service quality. You must be very comfortable working with internal partners cross-functionally in support of their business need. You approach activities with automation in mind and reserve manual execution to where automation is not an option.
About the team
Here at Amazon we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. Amazon has ten employee-led affinity groups reaching 40000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings and host annual and ongoing learning experiences. Amazons 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.
At Amazon our mission is to be the most customer-centric company on Earth. To get there we need exceptionally talented bright and driven people. Were dedicated to supporting new team members. Our team has a broad mix of experience levels and Amazon tenures and were building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship.
- 3 years of Linux systems administration experience
- 5 years of automation scripting using Python Bash Shell and/or Perl experience
- 3 year automating deploying and supporting distributed software services and related infrastructure in support of Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) principles and practices (Infrastructure as Code desired state config pipelines etc.).
- 3 years experience designing and implementing software/systems solutions in a collaborative approach with peers and stakeholders.
- 3 experience leading technical initiatives involving multiple stakeholders and cross-functional dependencies.
- 3 years of systems engineering experience managing services and related infrastructure on-premise and cloud (e.g. AWS GCP Azure)
- Experience with virtualization (Hypervisors VMware Xen) or experience managing full application stacks from the OS up through custom applications and experience in networking administration and troubleshooting
- 3 years of database administration experience
- 1 years of experience administrating and developing Hexagon EAM.
- 1 years of Java applet development.
- 3 years of programming with at least one modern language such as C C# Java Golang Ruby experience
- Experience with Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (e.g. EC2 VPC NAT Gateway Privatlinks EBS etc.).
- 3 years managing large scale distributed production infrastructure with 100s of users.
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Export Control : This position requires that the candidate selected be a U.S. Citizen in order to comply with U.S. government-imposed requirements related to the nature of the work and/or where it will be performed.
This Systems Development Engineer role focuses on supporting essential Leo shared software services and infrastructure across multiple business functions such a mechanical printed circuit board ASIC and wiring. These functions require managing software services lab environments infrastructure both on-premise including hyper-converged and in AWS and data all in support of satellite research and development. Youll design environments and manage both their physical and cloud infrastructure which includes operating systems administration across Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Windows used by the business critical design functions.
The position requires hands-on management of server deployments system maintenance and infrastructure improvements while ensuring consistent uptime for engineering teams. Working directly with stakeholders youll gather requirements plan improvements and implement changes through formal change control processes. Success in this role demands strict adherence to change management procedures to maintain system stability including proper documentation stakeholder approval and scheduled maintenance windows. Youll balance urgent system needs with controlled changes while maintaining both cloud and physical environments supporting satellite development operations.
Key job responsibilities
- Server Administration - Customizing deploying and administrating Linux and/or Windows physical and virtualized servers in hybrid environments.
- Cloud Engineering - Designing deploying and maintaining services and their environments on one or more major cloud service providers (e.g. AWS Azure GCP etc.).
- Network Administration - Deploying and managing networking resources in support of both cloud and on-premise infrastructure.
- Service Operations - Ensuring required service levels are maintained to customer specification via service and infrastructure instrumentation monitoring and reporting. Ensure support change and disaster recovery processes are established and followed.
- Solution Design - Working with internal partners and engineering peers on requirements and designing a respective solution in a disciplined and collaborative approach.
- Continuous Improvement - Evaluate current services and their implementation in cooperation with partners and peers to make improvements.
- Automation and Documentation - Create and maintain automation for routine and deterministic workflows along with authoring contributing and maintaining high quality documentation for all stages of a services life cycle.
A day in the life
Kuiper Devices & Systems - Infrastructure is looking for experienced and dedicated team members to manage the administration maintenance and development of services and environments for various Amazon Leo design and manufacturing functions (e.g. Integrated Circuits Mechanical Parts Printed Circuit Board Machining ) and ServiceNow. The ideal candidate is innovative has great problem-solving skills and pride in service quality. You must be very comfortable working with internal partners cross-functionally in support of their business need. You approach activities with automation in mind and reserve manual execution to where automation is not an option.
About the team
Here at Amazon we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. Amazon has ten employee-led affinity groups reaching 40000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings and host annual and ongoing learning experiences. Amazons 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.
At Amazon our mission is to be the most customer-centric company on Earth. To get there we need exceptionally talented bright and driven people. Were dedicated to supporting new team members. Our team has a broad mix of experience levels and Amazon tenures and were building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship.
- 3 years of Linux systems administration experience
- 5 years of automation scripting using Python Bash Shell and/or Perl experience
- 3 year automating deploying and supporting distributed software services and related infrastructure in support of Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) principles and practices (Infrastructure as Code desired state config pipelines etc.).
- 3 years experience designing and implementing software/systems solutions in a collaborative approach with peers and stakeholders.
- 3 experience leading technical initiatives involving multiple stakeholders and cross-functional dependencies.
- 3 years of systems engineering experience managing services and related infrastructure on-premise and cloud (e.g. AWS GCP Azure)
- Experience with virtualization (Hypervisors VMware Xen) or experience managing full application stacks from the OS up through custom applications and experience in networking administration and troubleshooting
- 3 years of database administration experience
- 1 years of experience administrating and developing Hexagon EAM.
- 1 years of Java applet development.
- 3 years of programming with at least one modern language such as C C# Java Golang Ruby experience
- Experience with Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (e.g. EC2 VPC NAT Gateway Privatlinks EBS etc.).
- 3 years managing large scale distributed production infrastructure with 100s of users.
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at WA Bellevue - 129200.00 - 174800.00 USD annually
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