Senior Systems Engineer

Bezos Academy•Orlando, FL

23d•$98,000 - $185,000•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior Systems Engineer for Bezos Academy, you will help build and support the full technology stack for our growing network of tuition-free Montessori-inspired preschools. You will use your experience to design and implement cloud-based technology solutions that empower our organization to grow exponentially. You will work to integrate engineering best practices at every level, with a constant focus on data security, scalability, and supportability. Your passion for modern cloud infrastructure and scalable technology design will be critical to your success. You will be part of a small but growing team that operates at all levels, from strategic design to operations support. You will lay the groundwork for the organization not only in technology but in IT policy and team culture. Your broad experience across multiple technologies and your appetite for learning and discovery will be foundational to your success. Your customer-centric approach to your work will be paramount. Above all, you are motivated by our mission to expand access to high-quality preschool in underserved areas and eager to support us as we scale.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
Eight or more years of progressive experience in information technology, systems engineering, and/or IaaS/SaaS/PaaS-based infrastructure management
Expertise in AWS cloud infrastructure platforms, tools, and methodologies including cloud networking (e.g. Cloudflare, Akamai)
Ability to manage AI platforms and infrastructure (e.g. Claude CoWork, Copilot Studio, Azure Foundry)
Experience deploying, administering, supporting, and migrating between SaaS applications and platforms in an enterprise environment
Working knowledge of information security best practices in a cloud environment
Ability to speak, read, and write English fluently
Ability to travel up to 10% of the time to schools and other sites as needed

Nice To Haves

Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC), CI/CD, and associated tooling (e.g. AWS CLI, CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible, Salt, Puppet, Chef, Harness, CircleCI, Wiz)
Experience administering observability platforms (e.g. Dynatrace, Datadog, Splunk)
Experience using REST APIs and MCP servers
Experience with O365 and Azure AD administration
Experience with cloud-based automated system deployment, configuration management, MDM, and application deployment systems for Mac/Windows (Jamf/Intune)
Experience leading technical projects including researching solutions, planning, implementing, and training downstream teams
Knowledge of ITIL (information technology infrastructure library) concepts such as change and incident management

Responsibilities

Design and implement cloud-based technology solutions.
Integrate engineering best practices at every level, with a constant focus on data security, scalability, and supportability.
Operate at all levels, from strategic design to operations support.
Lay the groundwork for the organization in technology, IT policy, and team culture.