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# System Engineer, Messaging and Streaming Team

- **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc
- **Location:** Thames Valley, UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), PHP (Programming Language), Data Analysis, Systems Engineering, Bash Shell, Linux, DevOps, File Systems, Domain Name System (DNS), Perl (Programming Language), Python (Programming Language), Network Administration, Network Protocols, Reliability Engineering, Ruby, Service-Oriented Architecture, Data Streaming, TCP/IP, Web Services, Scripting, Elastic File System, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)
- **Published:** September 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/B067034F263144E8AB2FD628AC1C9ED9/job/

## About the Role

* 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
 * Experience in systems engineering

Preferred Qualifications

 * Experience working in 24/7 production environment
 * Experience designing and developing scripts to automate operational burdens and reviewing scripting changes to ensure they meet the standards for maintainability, scalability and security
 * Knowledge of TCP/IP and networking protocols such as HTTP and DNS
 * Experience with service-oriented architecture and web services

## Description

The region service Messaging and Streaming Team (MAST) is a customer experience-oriented team who is looking for a self-motivated talented engineer who can solve complex problems and have a vision to improve the service support. MAST builds and supports Messaging and Streaming services such as Kinesis Data Streams, Simple Queue Service (SQS), Simple Notification Service (SNS), as well as Elastic File System (EFS) and File Systems (FSx).

We are looking for a technical expert who brings a mix of operations and networking expertise and shares our passion to change the way our customers operate. A systems engineer will be creating and driving opportunities to automate and simplify the daily operations and scales the organisational operations., * Work proactively to solve potential problems and inefficiencies. Communicate clearly and collaborate with others to deliver results with minimal supervision.

 * Participating in 24/7 on-call rotation to troubleshoot high severity issues
 * Analysing dashboards and investigating metrics with the vision for improvements
 * Create and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and runbooks for documentation
 * Discuss radical new approaches to automate operational issues, assess risks and develop creative solutions.
 * Develop strategies for resolving identified problems to prevent future occurrences
 * Assist others in the team


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