Amazon SYS Admin - S3 Glacier Simple Storage team S3G 

United Kingdom, England, London 

32768052

Key job responsibilities
Our Senior Systems Engineers identify when implementations are not highly available, performant, secure, stable, maintainable, or have defects; and are able to determine short- and long-term mitigations. They have a depth and breadth of understanding in multiple areas of technology and they are excellent diagnosticians. They utilise their Linux expertise to troubleshoot, innovate fixes and workarounds, keep software up-to-date and provide data and metrics that help manage the capacity and efficiency of services.A day in the life
On a “typical” day Engineers might:
• Drive the design and implementation of new services
• Use your Linux skills to troubleshoot, innovate fixes and workarounds
• Dive deep to root cause a customer issue
• Investigate why a metric is trending the wrong way
• Consult with the top engineers at Amazon
• Discuss radical new approaches to automate operational issues
• Implement automation to scale operational efficienciesDiverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.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.Work/Life Balance

Advanced knowledge in Linux system administration
• Significant experience of systems automation using BASH, Python, Perl, etc
• Significant experience of network fundamentals (DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, routing, switching, HTTP)
• Excellent troubleshooting skills at all levels, from application to network to host
• Experience writing technical documents, project plans and progress reports to leadership and to stakeholders

Experience of building and operating systems at scale
• Advanced knowledge of configuration management systems, such as: Puppet, Chef, Ansible, or related systems
• Significant experience of monitoring frameworks (such as CloudWatch, Datadog, Grafana, Elastic or similar)