Graduate Devops Engineer, AWS

Computer Science, Systems, Software, Web Development.

AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations – from foundational services such as Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS’s services and features apart in the industry.

As a member of the UC organisation, you’ll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (Iot), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialised security solutions for their cloud services.

Why Amazon?
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This region service team is a customer experience-oriented team which is looking for a self-motivated talented engineer who can solve complex problems and have a vision to improvise the service support.

We are looking for a skilled engineer 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 driving the opportunities to automate and simplify the daily operations and scales the organisational operations.

Key job responsibilities include:

  • 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.
  • Troubleshooting and diagnosing problems and working on solutions.
  • 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.

You will need to be a UK national and able to obtain and maintain a UK Government Security Clearance.

A day in the life

Amazon has a collaborative, purposeful and enthusiastic environment where we “Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History.” On a typical day engineers might dive deep into understanding the root cause of a customer issue, investigate why a metric is trending the wrong way and consult with senior engineers at Amazon. We own our services and believe in making out-of-hours support as painless as possible. To achieve this, we implement Operational Excellence best practices and strive to automate manual processes.

Our Systems Engineering roles help engineers develop a broad range of skills. They utilise their Linux skills to troubleshoot, innovate fixes and workarounds, keep software up-to-date and provide data and metrics that help manage the capacity and efficiency of our services. They draw on their networking knowledge to identity and troubleshoot network connectivity issues.

They communicate clearly and collaborate with others to deliver results. They are self-starters, comfortable dealing with ambiguity and change. They are customer-obsessed, always looking to understand customer pain points and find resolutions quickly and completely.

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or other technical degree or related experience
  • Knowledge of networking fundamentals
  • Experience working in a 24/7 production environment
  • Experience in Linux systems administration and/or development
  • Experience working in at least two of these languages: Python, Java, Perl, PHP, Ruby or Bash/Shell

Preferred Qualifications

  • Knowledge of configuration management systems, such as Puppet, Chef, Ansible, or related systems
  • Experience in site reliability engineering (SRE), systems engineering, systems administration, DevOps, security administration, or network administration
  • Experience in network capture and systems troubleshooting
  • Experience building scripts, tooling, and automation for large-scale computing environments

Mentorship & Career Growth

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

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.

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