Systems Engineer/DevOps Eng, ESC Managed Operations

Systems Engineer/DevOps Eng, ESC Managed Operations

Job ID: 3154155 | Amazon Spain Services, S.L.U.

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 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.

Your responsibilities will include overseeing the launch of the ESC in 2025, working closely with global AWS teams, and influencing the evolution of AWS services and technology. You will collaborate with technology leaders, contribute to the enhancement of day‑to‑day operations, and ensure improvements in availability, reliability, latency, performance, and efficiency of the ESC. You will be required to occasionally participate in on‑call rotations to resolve incidents occurring out‑of‑hours.

Eligibility requirements:

• Fluency in written and spoken English is required.
• Candidate must be a national of an EU member state and residing in the EU.
• Amazon will provide relocation support for successful applicants relocating within the European Union.
• Employees will participate in an On‑Call rota.

Basic Qualifications

• This role requires you to be a national of an EU member state.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science (or related IT discipline) or equivalent industry experience.
• Knowledge or experience in scripting (Bash, Python, or Ruby) or software development (Java, TypeScript, or similar), coupled with Linux and networking fundamentals to effectively troubleshoot and optimize system performance and reliability.

Preferred Qualifications

• Able to execute standard operating procedures and follow operational best practices.
• Knowledge or experience operating services in AWS or other cloud systems or services.
• Knowledge or experience operating 24×7 high‑availability, distributed software applications, performance tuning software applications and optimizing fleet utilization and monitoring frameworks (such as CloudWatch, Datadog, Grafana, Elastic or similar).
• Knowledge or experience with Infrastructure as Code, (such as CDK, CloudFormation, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, or similar).

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