Systems Engineer, Client Engineering

Amazon•Austin, TX

54d

About The Position

Our team owns the Client Management Systems, Application infrastructure, and Collaboration tools globally for Amazon. We build complex multi-platform solutions that help our customers get more done whilst improving their user experience. We are looking for Systems Engineer with a macOS-focused infrastructure and development background. We are using AWS products to evolve traditional enterprise tools and services at a large scale. If you are passionate about AWS and have experience automating large-scale macOS infrastructure deployments, keep reading. In this role, you and your team will directly influence the macOS end-point management at Amazon. You will use native AWS services, external 3rd party services and DevOps patterns to manage a growing fleet of macOS client devices. We are looking for a motivated team member to deliver results to our customers. This is a hands-on position where your daily activities will range from new system development to supporting the customers that depend on your services. You will use AWS products and DevOps patterns to build the next generation of macOS-based management tools.

Requirements

4+ years of site reliability engineering (SRE), systems engineering, systems administration, DevOps, security administration, or network administration experience
Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or related field or relevant work experience
Experience in site reliability engineering (SRE), systems engineering, systems administration, DevOps, security administration, or network administration
Experience in systems engineering
Experience in any of the following: Python, Java, Perl, PHP, Ruby, Bash, Shell or equivalent
5+ years of engineering work managing large-scale services experience

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of TCP/IP and networking protocols such as HTTP and DNS
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
Knowledge of configuration management systems, such as Puppet, Chef, Ansible, or related systems
7+ Years macOS administration at scale

Responsibilities

Contribute to automation efforts for a team advancing a service ownership culture with a primary focus on the macOS clients
Embrace the AWS ecosystem and drive innovation on top of it
Instill a culture that drives DevOps, holds a high-quality bar with code reviews, drives automation efforts to empower, and removes barriers for your team
Translation of complex functional and technical requirements into detailed architecture and design
Working with others on the engineering team to participate in day-to-day development activities, contributing to architecture decisions, participating in designs, design reviews, and implementation.
Build services that can scale across hundred of thousands clients used by Amazonians worldwide
Deliver quality features on-time and on-budget and execution against project plans and delivery commitments.
Maintain current technical knowledge of rapidly changing technology, always on the lookout for new technologies, and work with management and development teams to evolve current processes.