Sr Systems Engineer - Linux Development Team

If you are an experienced Linux engineer who is passionate about building the platform to support the world’s premier cloud computing environment, then this is the job for you.

The Linux Development team is responsible for the design and maintenance of tools associated with Amazon’s Linux platforms as well as the build and deployment of our Linux platforms, which support the Amazon E-Commerce platforms and Amazon Web Services.  We are looking for a Systems Engineer to join our drive for product excellence.

Systems Engineers perform the heavy lifting of the technical implementation and maintenance of Amazon’s Linux infrastructure.  They work on our hardest problems, building high quality, architecturally sound systems that are aligned with our business needs.  They are expected to handle personal project management, execution and delivery of significant product implementation elements as well as providing ongoing support of the products they deliver in production.

The baseline individual for this role will be entirely comfortable with the Linux operating system and understanding how to run it in a high scale production environment as well as all elements of how to configure Linux, Linux installers, common drivers, and other common open source tools.  In addition, we are looking for a Systems Engineer who is confident using advanced Linux packaging technologies, Linux operating system build tools, Linux image build tools, and is very well versed in all aspects of virtualization technologies.    

We are changing the way that people use computers and the Linux team is at the core of pushing the future of our technology platform- come help us make history!
 

Qualifications

• BS or MA in Computer Science or related discipline, or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years of industry experience maintaining large scale Linux implementations.
• Confidence in using the typical Linux toolbox of open source software and management tools.
• Extensive practical experience with Perl programming (or related scripting language).