
Systems Automation Engineer, Data Center Availability Team
Role summary
AWS Infrastructure Services is seeking a Systems Automation Engineer for the Data Center Availability Team in Seattle. This role involves designing, developing, and implementing software tools using advanced automation methods like Agentic AI to streamline operations and automate manual processes within AWS global data centers. The engineer will work with stakeholders, maintain software pipelines, suggest best practices, and mentor other engineers. Basic qualifications include 4+ years of experience in building automation for large-scale computing environments, experience with service-oriented architecture, and maintaining service resilience through IaC and troubleshooting.
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.
The Data Center Availability team works with the hundreds of AWS data centers around the globe to deliver the highest quality and lowest cost physical security, availability, capacity, and scaling results for our customers. Our aim is to standardize operations globally by delivering tools, policy, processes and procedures to our internal teams. The Availability tech team is seeking a System Engineer to design, develop, and implement software tools that streamline operations by automating tedious manual processes.
Key job responsibilities
As a System Engineer, You Will
Design software tools using advanced automation methods such as Agentic AI
Work with business stakeholders to understand the opportunities to automate the manual work and streamline the process
Develop and maintain software pipelines using best practices for smooth production code release.
Suggest and implement best practices for coding, design and operational excellence.
Mentor engineers and develop them
Basic Qualifications
- 4+ years of building scripts, tooling, and automation for large-scale computing environments experience
- Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or related field or relevant work experience
- Experience with service-oriented architecture and web services
- Experience maintaining the resilience and reliability of services by troubleshooting deployment failures, creating infrastructure as code, creating resources (alarms, metrics, IAM role credentials), infrastructure provisioning and patching hosts
Preferred Qualifications
- 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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, WA, Seattle - 104,500.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually
Company
- Amazon Data Services, Inc.
Job ID: A10413633
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