What are the responsibilities and job description for the System Development Engineer II, AWS Managed Operations (MO) AWSOM Team position at Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.?
Job Details
Would you enjoy diving deep into, operating, and improving some of the largest software systems humanity has ever built? Do the challenges that come of driving technical, business, and cultural change to improve the reliability, performance, and efficiency excite you?
The AWS Managed Operations (MO) organization was founded in April 2023, with the objective to reduce operational load and toil through long-term engineering projects. MO is building the best-in-class engineering and operations team that will own the day-to-day operations for AWS Regions; improving the availability, reliability, latency, performance and efficiency to operate AWS regions.
Amazon is looking for highly motivated Systems Development Engineers who can balance the day-to-day operations of AWS? software systems with long-term software engineering to reduce operational toil. We need engineers who enjoy constantly learning and diving deep into the wide range of systems and technologies that make up one of the world?s largest cloud providers.
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Key job responsibilities
- Play a significant role in building new systems and solutions
- Drive an environment of continuous improvement and truly innovative efficiency
- Work cross-functionally with other teams to continually improve operational readiness and availability
- Anticipate bottlenecks, make trade-offs, and encourage risk-taking to maximize business benefit
- Evaluate and recommend new and emerging products and technologies
- Drive operation excellence in your organization
A day in the life
You?ll roughly spend 50% of your time operating production systems and 50% making long-term improvements to the reliability, availability, and performance of those software systems.
Over the course of a week, this could look like; Monday morning you root caused why some deployments recently failed, and in the afternoon, you made fixes for those bugs. Tuesday and Wednesday you executed a highly sensitive time critical change to production. Thursday and Friday you were developing software with your team to remove humans from the loop on problems like you worked on over the previous two days, driving a common source of error out of the system and improving its reliability.
About the team
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.
About 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.
Utility Computing (UC)
AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations ? from foundational services such as Amazon?s Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS?s services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you?ll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (IoT), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS.
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, an conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship & 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.
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.
- 3 years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering experience
- Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (networking, storage, operating systems)
- 2 years of development/programming/scripting language (Python/Java/Bash/Perl) experience
- 5 years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 5 years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering experience
- 3 years of non-internship professional software development experience
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.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information. If the country/region you?re applying in isn?t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The AWS Managed Operations (MO) organization was founded in April 2023, with the objective to reduce operational load and toil through long-term engineering projects. MO is building the best-in-class engineering and operations team that will own the day-to-day operations for AWS Regions; improving the availability, reliability, latency, performance and efficiency to operate AWS regions.
Amazon is looking for highly motivated Systems Development Engineers who can balance the day-to-day operations of AWS? software systems with long-term software engineering to reduce operational toil. We need engineers who enjoy constantly learning and diving deep into the wide range of systems and technologies that make up one of the world?s largest cloud providers.
10012
Key job responsibilities
- Play a significant role in building new systems and solutions
- Drive an environment of continuous improvement and truly innovative efficiency
- Work cross-functionally with other teams to continually improve operational readiness and availability
- Anticipate bottlenecks, make trade-offs, and encourage risk-taking to maximize business benefit
- Evaluate and recommend new and emerging products and technologies
- Drive operation excellence in your organization
A day in the life
You?ll roughly spend 50% of your time operating production systems and 50% making long-term improvements to the reliability, availability, and performance of those software systems.
Over the course of a week, this could look like; Monday morning you root caused why some deployments recently failed, and in the afternoon, you made fixes for those bugs. Tuesday and Wednesday you executed a highly sensitive time critical change to production. Thursday and Friday you were developing software with your team to remove humans from the loop on problems like you worked on over the previous two days, driving a common source of error out of the system and improving its reliability.
About the team
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.
About 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.
Utility Computing (UC)
AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations ? from foundational services such as Amazon?s Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS?s services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you?ll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (IoT), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS.
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, an conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship & 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.
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.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3 years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience- 3 years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering experience
- Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (networking, storage, operating systems)
- 2 years of development/programming/scripting language (Python/Java/Bash/Perl) experience
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree- 5 years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 5 years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering experience
- 3 years of non-internship professional software development experience
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.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information. If the country/region you?re applying in isn?t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
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