Systems Automation Engineer, Data Center Availability Team

DESCRIPTION:

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we're the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain - and we're looking for talented people who want to help.

The Data Center Availability team works with the hundreds of AWS data centers around the globe to deliver the highest quality and lowest cost physical security, availability, capacity, and scaling results for our customers. Our aim is to standardize operations globally by delivering tools, policy, processes and procedures to our internal teams. The Availability tech team is seeking a System Engineer to design, develop, and implement software tools that streamline operations by automating tedious manual processes.

Key job responsibilities
As a System Engineer, you will:
- Design software tools using advanced automation methods such as Agentic AI
- Work with business stakeholders to understand the opportunities to automate the manual work and streamline the process
- Develop and maintain software pipelines using best practices for smooth production code release.
- Suggest and implement best practices for coding, design and operational excellence.
- Mentor engineers and develop them

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

- 2+ years of building scripts, tooling, and automation for large-scale computing environments experience
- Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or related field or relevant work experience
- Experience with service-oriented architecture and web services
- Experience in developing Agentic AI solutions

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

- Experience dealing well with ambiguity, prioritizing needs, and delivering measurable results in an agile environment
- Knowledge of cloud computing concepts and design considerations
- Experience maintaining the resilience and reliability of services by troubleshooting deployment failures, creating infrastructure as code, creating resources (alarms, metrics, IAM role credentials), infrastructure provisioning and patching hosts

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, Seattle - 82,400.00 - 144,100.00 USD annually