Job Description

DESCRIPTION

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking for a Systems Engineering Manager to lead a team responsible for deploying new AWS services to air-gapped regions that support our government customers. Our team supports the deployment, engineering, and operations of AWS file services such as EFS and FSx. Teams in the storage organization build services and address issues across large scale data stores, distributed systems/cloud computing, and workflows.

You will mange a team of engineers responsible for delivering projects on time that exceed customer expectations. You love to work with internal and external customers to execute projects and resolve issues. You are a DevOps practitioner and are excited to a lead a team in an environment where you work closely with developers to seamlessly deploy services into AWS regions. And you are happiest when you are working with empowered, truly innovative engineers to meet world-class challenges.

The ideal candidate:
Builds, motivates, and mentors a systems engineering team with a proven track record in recruiting and retaining top talent. Excelling in day-to-day people and performance management tasks.
Is technically and operationally experience with systems engineering. Regularly taking part in deep-dive troubleshooting exercises and driving technical discussions.
Has strong project management experience. Possessing excellent technical project management skills to deliver roadmap items as well as other cross-team projects in an Agile environment.
By working together on behalf of our customers, we are building the future one innovative product, service, and idea at a time. Are you ready to embrace the challenge? Come build the future with us.

This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen and must currently possess and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance. The position further requires that, after start, the selected candidate obtain and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph and satisfy other security related requirements.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

BA/BS degree in Computer Science or related field, or relevant work experience
5+ years of relevant hands-on systems admin and administrative experience in networking, storage systems, Linux operating systems and infrastructure as code
5+ years of experience as a Systems Engineering and Operations leader/people manager of SREs, Linux system administrators, and/or DevOps focused teams
Current, active US Government Security Clearance of Top Secret or above

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Demonstrated success building and leading teams
Performance engineering and capacity planning background
Systems engineering fundamentals (networking, storage, Linux operating systems)
Leading development life cycle processes and best practices, esp. in the areas of deployment automation and monitoring
Mentoring/training systems engineers
Communication skills, both written and verbal
Deployment and usage of monitoring systems
Exposure with distributed systems at scale
Forecasting and capacity planning systems
Experience with Agile engineering practices (Kanban, continuous delivery, etc.)

Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and we host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazons culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 14 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.

We are dedicated to supporting our new team members. Our team has a broad mix of experience levels and Amazon tenures, and were building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship.

Our team also puts a high value on work-life balance. Striking a healthy balance between your personal and professional life is crucial to your happiness and success here, which is why we arent focused on how many hours you spend at work or online. Instead, were happy to offer a flexible schedule so you can have a more productive and well-balanced lifeboth in and outside of work.

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

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