Description

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

You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll 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 you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own

The Facility Operation System Engineering (FOSE) team is looking for an individual to influence, guide, and architect the next generation of data center infrastructure alarm and event management systems used by the global Facility Operations Center (FOC). This role is both broad and deep, with responsibility for the long-term software direction and data management for FOC systems. These systems directly contribute to the high availability of AWS data centers and customer satisfaction. The ideal candidate should have a basic understanding of data center infrastructure and controls strategy, be able to provide clear and concise written and verbal communication, lead peer engineers, and have an excellent command of various programming languages and internal Amazon services. You will be working with big data, millions of alarms from hundreds of AWS data centers around the world.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Key job responsibilities

As a Sr. Systems Development Engineer you will ensure that FOC systems are designed with high reliability, security, availability, scalability, and low latency from the outset. You will establish development standards, best practices, and drive operational excellence throughout the organization. The relationships you build with peers will help ensure the group is using the right AWS services and methodologies for the company’s scale, while recognizing the unique requirements of the FOC problem space. Additionally, you will:

• Fully decompose complex problems into simple solutions

• Engage with teams across Amazon that have worked on similar problems to learn from their effort and discover where we can leverage existing solutions.

• Set the technical strategy for the team, Be the driver of new technology and Ideas: Our solutions are built on AWS technologies such as Redshift, Glue, Lambda, ECS etc. and open-source software such as Spark, Airflow, etc. In addition to leveraging these fully, you will look for new technologies and continually push the team towards novel and simpler ways to build solutions.

• Gather business and functional requirements and translate these requirements into robust, scalable, operable solutions with a flexible and adaptable data architecture.

• Continuously optimize solutions to improve overall Platform performance, availability and fault tolerance

• Drive Operational excellence through metrics driven approach

• Mentor and lead developers by cultivating curiosity, deep technical understanding through collaboration, code reviews, and leading by example.

• Exert technical influence across multiple teams, increasing their contributions by sharing your knowledge and experience

Diverse Experiences

AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Diverse Experiences

Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

Inclusive Team Culture

Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship and Career Growth

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Herndon, VA, USA

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby experience

• 4+ years of non-internship professional software development experience

• 2+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience

• 4+ years of systems development in an IT or data center environment experience

• 2+ years of systems design, software development, operations, automation, and process improvement experience

• Experience leading the design, build and deployment of complex and performant (reliable and scalable) software solutions in production

Preferred Qualifications

• 1+ years of development/programming/scripting language (Python/Java/Bash/Perl) experience

• 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

• Experience taking a leading role in building complex software or computing infrastructure that has been successfully delivered to customers

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.