Systems Engineer, Database Services

AmazonWebServices
London, UK
1 day ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Compensation
£63,000.0 - £103,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) PHP (Programming Language) Amazon Web Services Systems Engineering Bash Shell Cloud Computing Linux DevOps Distributed Data Store Domain Name System (DNS) Amazon DynamoDB Perl (Programming Language)
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Python (Programming Language) Network Administration Network Protocols Reliability Engineering Ruby Service-Oriented Architecture TCP/IP Web Services Scripting

Job description

  • Become a subject matter expert on multiple AWS services
  • Develop, build, deploy, operate, sustain and grow services in cloud production environments
  • Use trends and metrics to identify opportunities for improvements
  • Help develop and refine procedures used by our team and internal customers
  • Work on new and ambiguous problem domains while consistently delivering customer-impacting change
  • Operate the worlds most advanced cloud computing infrastructure
  • Simplify and reinvent systems, processes and tools to improve outcomes for our customers and builders
  • Build unique solutions to customer technical problems
  • Study and learn from Amazon Senior and Principal Engineers
  • Coach, hire and develop team members

Technologies:

  • AWS
  • OpenSearch
  • Bash
  • Cloud
  • DevOps
  • HTTP
  • Support
  • Java
  • Linux
  • Network
  • PHP
  • Perl
  • Python
  • Ruby
  • Security
  • TCP/IP
  • Web

More:

We are AWS Database Services (DBS), part of Amazon Web Services, and we support and operate some of the largest distributed database and analytics services in the world, including DynamoDB, OpenSearch, Glue and EMR. We offer the chance to work in a world-class team with an entrepreneurial, start-up feel, helping to engineer and operate systems at massive scale and gain world-class cloud computing experience. We value diverse experiences, inclusion, mentorship, career growth and work/life balance, and we encourage candidates to apply even if their background is not traditional or they do not meet every preferred qualification.

Requirements

  • Experience in site reliability engineering (SRE), systems engineering, systems administration, DevOps, security administration, or network administration
  • Experience working with Linux
  • Experience in any of the following: Python, Java, Perl, PHP, Ruby, Bash, Shell or equivalent
  • Knowledge of TCP/IP and networking protocols such as HTTP and DNS
  • Experience designing and developing scripts to automate operational burdens and reviewing scripting changes to ensure they meet the standards for maintainability, scalability and security
  • Experience working in 24/7 production environment
  • Experience with service-oriented architecture and web services

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