Systems Engineer, ESC Managed Operations
Job ID: 3142768 | Amazon Spain Services, S.L.U.
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 engineers with a strong background in automation and 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: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/in-the-works-aws-european-sovereign-cloud/
Responsibilities
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. You will be required to occasionally participate in “on‑call” rotations to resolve incidents occurring out‑of‑hours.
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’s commitment to customer satisfaction and continual innovation.
Day in the Life
Embark on a week filled with meaningful contributions to the operation and improvement of significant software systems. You dedicate a substantial portion of your time to carefully review the operational health of services within your team's responsibility, diligently identify anomalies and craft actionable bug reports, and provide constructive feedback on change management documents to address your team's operational backlog. You collaborate to navigate challenges and ensure seamless functionality, engage in the development and testing of scripts, and act as an educator sharing insights on the complexities of the European Sovereign Cloud with service teams. Your commitment to continuous learning and improvement is crucial to the collective success of your team and the reliability of our software systems.
Eligibility Requirements
* Fluency in written and spoken English is required.
* Candidate must be a national of an EU member state and residing in the EU to operate the AWS European Sovereign Cloud.
* Amazon will provide relocation support for successful applicants relocating within the European Union.
* Employees will participate in an On‑Call rota.
Basic Qualifications
* This role requires you to be a national of an EU member state.
* Demonstrated expertise in systems engineering working with hardware, software, networking, operating systems.
* Experience scripting processes in a language such as Bash, Python, or Ruby.
* Solid understanding of Linux and networking, ability to troubleshoot and anticipate problems that affect the performance, reliability, or availability of software systems.
* Able to lead the creation, revision, and/or improvement of standard operational procedures (SOPs) and drive operational best practices.
Preferred Qualifications
* Experience with monitoring frameworks (such as CloudWatch, Datadog, Grafana, Elastic or similar).
* Experience actively mentoring junior engineers and working cross‑organizationally to lead strategic team efforts requiring work from multiple team members.
* Experience supporting services in AWS or other cloud systems.
* Experience operating 24x7 high‑availability, distributed software applications and performance‑tuning software applications to optimize fleet utilization.
* Experience with Infrastructure as Code, such as CDK, CloudFormation, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, or similar.
About the Team
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