Systems Engineering Manager
We are seeking passionate Systems Engineering Managers ready to solve the world's most complex technical challenges through innovative cloud computing solutions. Join our elite team to build and operate the world's largest cloud infrastructure, creating technology that will transform the future for generations to come!
The Region Services team redefines the way AWS designs, builds, and operates AWS regions to enable new AWS Cloud Infrastructure and Services offerings to customers across every industry and of every size, including start-ups, enterprises, and public sector organizations.
We are building some of the largest and most complex distributed systems in the world, and we need adaptable people to help us implement and operate them.
This position can based at our Sydney or Melbourne office locations.
Key job responsibilities- Identify Builder operational pain points from disparate data and drive actions to resolve them. Examples include: creation, improvement, simplification, and elimination of processes. Knowing when to create a solution vs. improving existing tools
- Hire and Develop the Best leaders at AWS by leveraging your technical ability to identify outcomes, design project plans, and drive the right actions to build the technical acumen on the team
- Collaborate and learn from world-class leaders to meet world-class challenges, every day
- Hire, train, and grow new AWS engineers
- Drive continual improvement in systems operations through tool building and automation
- Drive root cause analyses, in collaboration with software development teams, as well as influencing local development to improve operational performance
- Report on the health of these services at an executive level
- Meet with internal and external customers to develop relationships and clarify requirements and schedules
- Work in an environment where operational excellence is truly the first priority, and where the degree of automation is above bar
- Participating in 24/7 on-call rotation to troubleshoot high severity issues
Utility Computing (UC)
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 organization, 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 specialized security solutions for their cloud services.
Diverse Experiences
Amazon 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.
Why AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.
Inclusive Team Culture
AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.
Mentorship and 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.* 7+ years of relevant hands-on systems engineering and administrative experience in networking, storage, operating systems
- 3+ years experience as the systems engineering and operations leader operating in a 24x7 environment
- Demonstrated success building and leading teams
- This position requires that the candidate selected be an Australian citizen and hold or be able to attain an Australian Government Security Vetting Agency clearance (see https://www.agsva.gov.au/applicants/eligibility-and-suitability)* Strong systems engineering fundamentals (networking, storage, operating systems)
- Experience building tools and/or services with Java, Python or Perl
- Leading development life cycle processes and best practices, esp. in the areas of deployment automation and monitoring
- Experience with distributed systems at scale
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