Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking for a best-in-class Systems Automation Engineer for the Optical Network Automation team in Seattle. This team is working at the heart of AWS global network and we are looking to hire motivated, best-in-class System Engineers for our Seattle engineering centre. The engineers within our team are instrumental in to help drive the stability and sustainability of AWS next-generation networks and to discover innovative ways to automate and scale network as AWS expands globally. Our ideal candidate is highly autonomous, very detail oriented, possesses strong written and verbal communication skills and has significant experience of supporting large scale, enterprise class networks. Systems Automation Engineers work hand-in-hand with Software Development teams and Networking teams to help automate and invent new ways of operating Amazon's Next-Generation Network. Excellent written and verbal communication skills and an ability to interact efficiently with peers
· A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience · · A minimum of 5 years industry experience in a similar environment. · · 3+ years’ Linux development experience · · 3+ years’ experience on object-oriented design and coding (Python preferred) · · 3+ years’ experience working with IP networking fundamentals· Knowledge of major Internet routing protocols, Optical networking experience is advantageous but not compulsory. · Knowledge of network hardware and packet forwarding architectures. · Strong Linux experience from provisioning to performance tuning, and a solid grasp on operating