Graduate Devops Engineer, AWS

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 set AWS's services 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.

You will need to be a UK national and able to obtain and maintain a UK Government Security Clearance. Further details found here:

Key job responsibilities

• Work proactively to solve potential problems and inefficiencies. Communicate clearly and collaborate with others to deliver results with minimal supervision.
• Participate in 24/7 on-call rotation to troubleshoot high severity issues.
• Analyse dashboards and investigate metrics with the vision for improvements.
• Troubleshoot and diagnose problems and work on solutions.
• Create and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and runbooks for documentation.
• Discuss radical new approaches to automate operational issues, assess risks and develop creative solutions.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or other technical degree or related experience.
• Knowledge of networking fundamentals.
• Experience working in a 24/7 production environment.
• Experience in Linux systems administration and/or development.
• Experience working in at least two of these languages: Python, Java, Perl, PHP, Ruby or Bash/Shell.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of configuration management systems, such as Puppet, Chef, Ansible, or related systems.
• Experience in site reliability engineering (SRE), systems engineering, systems administration, DevOps, security administration, or network administration.
• Experience in network capture and systems troubleshooting.
• Experience building scripts, tooling, and automation for large-scale computing environments.

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