Optics Systems Engineer, Optics Systems Engineering

Amazon Optics mission is to deliver a safe and secure workplace for all Amazonians. The Systems Engineering team within Optics develops implements and maintains the technology and infrastructure that supports the critical physical security systems for Amazon Corporate Security (ACS) and Amazon Web Services (AWS). The Optics Systems Engineering team is looking for an experienced Systems Engineer that can help deliver best-in-class physical security systems to our 2.5MM cardholder customer base.
As the Optics Systems Engineering teams scope continues to grow the team is seeking the technical expertise that will help build on the current infrastructure and drive development of new solutions that will exceed our customers expectations. As a member of the team overseeing one of the largest Physical Access Control Systems in the world the successful candidate must be comfortable with not only troubleshooting but deep diving to create solutions for issues that no other company has yet faced or solved for.


Key job responsibilities
On a typical day engineers might deep dive to root cause of a customer issue investigate why a metric is trending the wrong way consult with the top engineers at Amazon or discuss radical new approaches to automate operational issues.
The systems engineer can look forward to:

* Investigating new ways to improve operations and defining new solutions to solve technically complex issues.
* Work with the development team to automate manual tasks and on tooling to enhance fleet maintenance
* Investigating issues that impact major services and work to solve them before they impact customers.
* Diving deep into service interdependencies and region-specific configurations to find the root of a problem.
* Studying and continuously learning from industry recognized engineers.



About the team
Diverse Experiences
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- 4 years of site reliability engineering (SRE) systems engineering systems administration DevOps security administration or network administration experience
- Bachelors degree in Systems Engineering Computer Science or related field or relevant work experience
- Experience in site reliability engineering (SRE) systems engineering systems administration DevOps security administration or network administration
- Experience in systems engineering
- Experience in any of the following: Python Java Perl PHP Ruby Bash Shell or equivalent

- Knowledge of TCP/IP and networking protocols such as HTTP and DNS
- Experience designing and developing scripts to automate operational burdens and reviewing scripting changes to ensure they meet the standards for maintainability scalability and security
- Experience working in 24/7 production environment
- Experience with service-oriented architecture and web services

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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 NY New York - 114900.00 - 185000.00 USD annually