Systems Engineer

Sr. Systems Engineer, Managed Operations

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 senior 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.

Key responsibilities:

• Oversee the launch of the ESC in 2025 and work closely with global AWS teams.
• Influence the evolution of AWS services and technology.
• Collaborate with technology leaders to enhance day-to-day operations and improve availability, reliability, latency, performance, and efficiency of the ESC.
• Participate in occasional on-call rotations to resolve incidents occurring out-of-hours.

Eligibility requirements:

• Fluency in written and spoken English.
• 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.

About the team:

• AWS values diverse experiences and encourages candidates to apply even if they do not meet all preferred qualifications.
• AWS promotes a culture of curiosity, inclusion, and collaboration.
• Mentorship and career growth opportunities are emphasized.

Basic qualifications:

• National of an EU member state.
• Deep systems engineering experience with hardware, software, networking, operating systems.
• Proficient scripting in Bash, Python, or Ruby.
• Deep expertise in Linux and networking with proven ability to conduct advanced system diagnostics, implement preventive measures, and resolve complex technical issues.
• Proficient leading the creation, revision, and/or improvement of standard operational procedures (SOPs) and driving operational best practices.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives aligning multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Ability to influence without direct authority.
• Mentoring and developing teams and engineers.
• Experience operating 24x7 high-availability distributed software applications and performance tuning.
• Experience supporting services in AWS or other cloud systems.
• Proficient with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., CDK, CloudFormation, Puppet, Chef, Ansible).

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.

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 senior 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., * Fluency in written and spoken English.

• 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., * National of an EU member state.
• Deep systems engineering experience with hardware, software, networking, operating systems.
• Proficient scripting in Bash, Python, or Ruby.
• Deep expertise in Linux and networking with proven ability to conduct advanced system diagnostics, implement preventive measures, and resolve complex technical issues.
• Proficient leading the creation, revision, and/or improvement of standard operational procedures (SOPs) and driving operational best practices., * Experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives aligning multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Ability to influence without direct authority.
• Mentoring and developing teams and engineers.
• Experience operating 24x7 high-availability distributed software applications and performance tuning.
• Experience supporting services in AWS or other cloud systems.
• Proficient with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., CDK, CloudFormation, Puppet, Chef, Ansible).

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.