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# Systems Engineer

- **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc.
- **Location:** Seattle, WA, United States
- **Salary:** $125,000.0 - $165,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computer-Aided Design, Amazon Web Services, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Domain Name System (DNS), Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Performance Tuning, Prometheus, Runbook, TCP/IP, Data Logging, Scripting, Load Balancing, System Availability, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Git, Terraform, Jenkins
- **Published:** September 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://find.jobs/jobs-near-me/apply/ats-redirect/?id=2964118027-2

## About the Role

* AWS infrastructure design and operations
 * Linux/UNIX system administration
 * Infrastructure as Code (Cloud
 * Formation, Terraform)
 * CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Code
 * Pipeline, Jenkins, Git
 * Hub Actions)
 * Monitoring and logging (Cloud
 * Watch, Prometheus, ELK)
 * Networking (VPC, DNS, TCP/IP, load balancing)
 * Scripting/automation (Python, Bash, Power
 * Shell)
 * Security best practices and IAM management
 * Backup, recovery, and high availability design
 * Performance tuning and capacity planning

## Description

* Design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure cloud systems on AWSAutomate infrastructure provisioning, deployment, and monitoring
 * Collaborate with software, security, and operations teams to deliver reliable services
 * Troubleshoot complex production issues and perform root cause analysis
 * Optimize performance, availability, and cost across AWS environments
 * Implement security, compliance, and backup/recovery best practices
 * Create and maintain technical documentation and runbooks
 * Contribute to architecture reviews and long-term systems roadmap


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