Systems Development Engineer, Region Services

About the role

The AWS Region Services team combines AWS global cloud leadership with Australian security expertise to deliver highly secure, scalable environments for sensitive workloads. The Engineering organisation within Region Services is structured across core capability pillars: Compute & Machine Learning, Security Identity & Compliance, Storage & Databases, and a growing capability domain. This is an opportunity to make a lasting impact on Australia's digital future. You'll work with AWS services, implement innovative solutions, and help customers succeed in their most important missions.

Key responsibilities

• Define and/or refine system requirements, participate in the development and delivery of operability-related features such as system health monitoring, diagnostics, repair, and other self-healing automation
• Develop or further existing application and system management tools and processes that reduce manual efforts and increase overall efficiency
• Adapt and improve operations management systems and processes to accommodate rapid and increasing growth in systems and traffic
• Participate in the design and execution of production acceptance tests and new hardware evaluations
• Monitor the health of the fleet, automating system health, maintenance tasks, and reporting systems as needed
• Participate in "on-call" rotations to resolve incidents occurring out-of-hours

About you

• 3+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering experience
• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, Rust
• Experience with Linux/Unix
• Australian citizen and hold or be eligible to obtain an Australian Government Security Clearance with the ability to successfully complete an Organisational Suitability Assessment
• Experience with distributed systems at scale (preferred)

About us

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. Region Services provides the highest caliber Operational Solutions and Cleared Support for services within our Regions.

Benefits

• Work/life harmony with flexibility as part of our working culture
• Continuous learning, mentorship and career-advancing resources
• Employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promoting inclusion