Overview
Job ID: 3072011 | Amazon Development Centre Ireland Limited
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 cloud 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. For more information on ESC please check out our blog: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/in-the-works-aws-european-sovereign-cloud/
Your responsibilities will encompass overseeing the launch of the ESC in 2025, working closely with global AWS teams, and influencing the evolution of AWS services and technology. A typical day in this role involves collaborating with technology leaders, contributing to the enhancement of day-to-day operations, and ensuring improvements in availability, reliability, latency, performance, and efficiency of the ESC. The overarching goal is to deliver scalable services and ensure a high-availability experience for EU customers.
If you are an experienced professional ready for a challenging and impactful opportunity, we invite you to join our efforts in building a best-in-class development engineering and operations team that aligns with AWS\' commitment to customer satisfaction and continual innovation.
Responsibilities
* Oversee the launch of the European Sovereign Cloud (ESC) in 2025, working with global AWS teams to 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.
* Deliver scalable services and ensure a high-availability experience for EU customers; build and lead operations and development teams delivering high-availability AWS services (EC2, S3, Dynamo, Lambda, Bedrock) for EU customers.
* Occasionally participate in on-call rotations to resolve incidents out-of-hours.
Context
European Sovereign Cloud (ESC) is part of AWS Utility Computing (UC). AWS UC provides innovations across Compute, Database, Storage, IoT, Platform, and Productivity Apps services. Managed Operations engineers engage with AWS customers who require specialized security solutions for cloud services.
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 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.
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 24x7 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 (CDK, CloudFormation, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, or similar)
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