Sr. Systems Development Engineer, Leo Enterprise Infrastructure & Operations

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.

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.

Key job responsibilities
This Senior Systems Development Engineer role focuses on supporting essential Leo shared services and specific design-manufacturing functional domains like Printed Circuit Board and Application Specific Integrated Circuit design. These functions require managed software services lab environments infrastructure for their software 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.

A day in the life
Your day begins reviewing system alerts and performance metrics across the Siemens ASIC EDM and Team Center environments. Youll handle RHEL Linux system maintenance while coordinating with engineering teams to schedule critical updates through the change management process. Time is split between managing physical server infrastructure and cloud resources often troubleshooting application performance issues that impact satellite design work. Youll participate in planning meetings to understand upcoming engineering needs then translate those requirements into infrastructure improvements. Throughout the day youll handle urgent support requests from design teams implement approved changes during designated maintenance windows and document system modifications. Youll write and test automation scripts to improve system reliability while maintaining backup and recovery procedures for critical engineering data. The role requires constant prioritization between immediate operational needs and long-term infrastructure planning all while ensuring proper change control procedures are followed to maintain stability of these essential engineering systems.

About the team
The Leo Devices & Systems Infrastructure (KDSI) team is a builder and operations team dedicated to designing deploying and running the robust scalable and compliant infrastructure that underpins Leos core engineering and operational capabilities. Leveraging AWS best practices the team implements and manages enterprise platforms and specialized engineering systemsincluding ServiceNow Hexagon EAM and secure development toolswhile driving continuous improvement and operational excellence to meet Kuipers dynamic needs with reliability and quality.

- 5 years of development/programming/scripting language (Python/Java/Bash/Perl) experience
- 5 years of systems design software development operations automation and process improvement experience
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes

- Bachelors degree
- Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing certification and livesite operations

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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 WA Bellevue - 151200.00 - 204600.00 USD annually