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Job summary
If you love infrastructure and automation, we are the team for you! AWS CloudWatch is blazing new trails as a pioneer in the cloud Infrastructure Monitoring, Application Monitoring, and Log Analytics space. We are seeking a Senior Systems Development Engineer to join the team to help us with delivery of large scale automation projects across a broad range of technical arenas.
What is AWS CloudWatch?
We run one of the largest time-series data stores on the planet (monitoring more than 7 quadrillion metric observations, triggering 3.9 trillion events, and ingesting more than 100 petabytes of logs per month) and our teams solve problems of large telemetric data scale, distributed systems/cloud computing, data visualization, anomaly detection, predictive analytics, and root cause analysis. Many of the largest web services in the world rely on our technology to drive their operational excellence. We build, operate and continually improve the CloudWatch service for both technical and business users giving them insight into what is important for them.
Key job responsibilities
· You coordinate with multiple internal teams to uncover infrastructure improvement areas and remove them through automation.
· You own the delivery of technical solutions for the whole CloudWatch organisation.
· You foster an atmosphere of growth through coaching and mentoring.
· You help create a forward looking vision for the team.
· You drive operational excellence to reduce technical debt for all teams.
A day in the life
Why join the CloudWatch Infrastructure team?
Huge scale and endless automation opportunities! The CloudWatch Infrastructure team operates one of the largest fleets inside of AWS, with tens of thousands of servers to ensure continued customer delight. Managing that is difficult and requires coordination with multiple internal CloudWatch teams to uncover infrastructure issues and automate them away. Working at our scale requires long term thinking, continuous innovation, large scope for new ideas, interaction with awesome team mates and never ending automation possibilities.
Work/Life Balance
Our team puts a high value on work-life balance. It isn’t about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfilment.
Remote Working
Remote working options are available within country of employment and can be discussed with your manager at offer stages.
About the team
We are a team of infrastructure experts who love to automate! We uncover new automation opportunities at every turn and never settle for second best. We are at our best transforming manual error prone processes into efficient easily maintainable code. We do this in an environment of collaboration between with our team, peer teams and our customers.
Inclusive Team Culture
Our team is intentional about attracting, developing, and retaining amazing talent from diverse backgrounds. Yes we do get to create and operate large services but we also think a big reason for that is the inclusive and welcoming culture we cultivate every day.
Mentorship & Career Growth
We care about your career aspirations. We want you to grow and progress inside of Amazon and will facilitate that growth through an increase in scope of the projects you work on over time.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
· 8+ years experience in a relevant technical environment
· Knowledge of the Linux OS with a good understanding of networking concepts
· Proficiency in Python, Ruby, Java or similar
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
· Good understanding of industry technology (monitoring, code deployment, system scalability, loadbalancers, web servers etc.)
· Well-honed troubleshooting skills at various levels of complexity
· Ability to communicate effectively in an international environment
· Proven experience driving tasks to completion
· A love of automation
