Systems Development Engineer, Managed Operations

Systems Development Engineer, Managed Operations

Job ID: | Amazon Web Services Development Center Germany GmbH

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 development engineers with a strong background in cloud operations. As part of the AWS Managed Operations team, you will play a pivotal role in building and leading operations and development teams dedicated to delivering high-availability AWS services, including EC2, S3, Dynamo, Lambda, and Bedrock, exclusively for EU customers. For more information on ESC please check out our blog: here .

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 in this role 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.

The overarching goal is to deliver scalable services and ensure a high-availability experience for EU customers. If you are an experienced professional ready for a challenging and impactful opportunity, we invite you to join our efforts in building a best-in-class development engineering and operations team that aligns with AWS' commitment to customer satisfaction and continual innovation.

A day in the life
You’ll spend roughly 50% of your time operating production systems and 50% working with your team to make long-term improvements to the reliability, availability, and performance of those software systems. Over the course of a week, you will root cause why some deployments recently failed, and fix those bugs. Later in the week you may execute a highly sensitive time-critical change to production. You can round off the week by participating in design discussions by another team, writing code, and providing actionable feedback to your team’s code.

You will be required to occasionally participate in “on-call” rotations to resolve incidents occurring out-of-hours.

Eligibility requirements

1. Fluency in written and spoken English is required
2. Successful applicants must have the legal right to work in Germany
3. Amazon will provide relocation support for successful applicants relocating within the European Union

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. Experience in at least one modern programming language such as Java, Typescript, Python, or Ruby
2. Familiarity with Linux, using the command line and basic administration, and computer networking fundamentals
3. Experience with scripting and automation

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. Familiarity troubleshooting across all levels, from network to operating systems to software applications
2. Familiarity scripting operating system tasks in Bash, Python, etc.
3. Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code, (such as CDK, CloudFormation, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, or similar)

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Posted: February 12, 2025 (Updated 13 minutes ago)