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 a broad array of the technical implementation and maintenance of Amazon’s Linux infrastructure.  They work on all of the day to day challenges of building high quality, architecturally sound systems that are aligned with our business needs.  Tasks include Linux hardware qualification, operating system testing, performance analysis, and broad scale fleet management. 

The baseline individual for this role will be entirely comfortable with the Linux operating system and understand how to deploy and manage Linux in production environments.  In addition, we are looking for a Systems Engineer who is confident using and configuring Linux installers, 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 in Computer Science or related discipline, or equivalent work experience.
• 3+ 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).