Systems Engineer, ESC Managed Operations

AWS is set to introduce the inaugural European Sovereign Cloud (ESC), marking a significant development in utility computing (UC). To spearhead this initiative, we are actively seeking experienced systems engineers with a strong background in automation and operations.

For more information on ESC please check out our blog:

Responsibilities

Your responsibilities will encompass overseeing the launch of the ESC in 2025, working closely with global AWS teams, and influencing the evolution of AWS services and technology.

A typical day involves collaborating with technology leaders, contributing to the enhancement of day‑to‑day operations, and ensuring improvements in availability, reliability, latency, performance, and efficiency of the ESC. You will be required to occasionally participate in “on‑call” rotations to resolve incidents occurring out‑of‑hours.

Eligibility

• Fluency in written and spoken English is required.
• Candidate must be a national of an EU member state and residing in the EU to operate the AWS European Sovereign Cloud.
• Amazon will provide relocation support for successful applicants relocating within the European Union.
• Employees will participate in an On‑Call rota.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• This role requires you to be a national of an EU member state.
• Demonstrated expertise in systems engineering working with hardware, software, networking, operating systems.
• Experience scripting processes in a language such as Bash, Python, or Ruby.
• Solid understanding of Linux and networking, and able to troubleshoot and anticipate problems that affect the performance, reliability, or availability of software systems.
• Able to lead the creation, revision, and/or improvement of standard operational procedures (SOPs) and driving operational best practices.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with monitoring frameworks such as CloudWatch, Datadog, Grafana, Elastic or similar.
• Experience actively mentoring junior engineers and working cross‑organizationally and leading strategic team efforts requiring work from multiple team members.
• Experience supporting service in AWS or other cloud systems or services.
• Experience operating 24x7 high‑availability, distributed software applications and performance tuning software applications and optimizing fleet utilization.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code such as CDK, CloudFormation, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, or similar.

Equal Opportunity

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