The AWS Region Services team combines AWS global cloud leadership with Australian security expertise to deliver highly secure, scalable environments for sensitive workloads. We’re creating innovative ways to use cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and machine learning while maintaining the highest standards of security and operational excellence.
The Engineering organisation within Region Services is structured across core capability pillars: Compute & Machine Learning, Security Identity & Compliance, Storage & Databases, and a growing capability domain. Collectively these pillars encompass a team of varying technical skillsets, including Engineers; Technical Program Managers and Subject Matter Experts, organised into focused sub-teams.
This is an opportunity to make a lasting impact on Australia’s digital future. You’ll work with cutting-edge AWS services, implement innovative solutions, and help customers succeed in their most important missions. We’re committed to helping our builders grow through continuous learning, mentoring, and collaboration with industry experts. Are you ready to build the future of secure cloud computing in Australia?
Key job responsibilities
- Apply advanced troubleshooting techniques to provide unique solutions to our customers' needs
- Interact with engineers and partner with other AWS teams to help reproduce and resolve issues
- Leverage your extensive Linux and technical experience to provide feedback to internal AWS teams on how to improve our services
- Drive service team communication during critical events
- Drive projects that improve support-related processes and our operational experience
- Write tutorials, how-to videos, and other technical articles for the developer community
- Work on critical, highly complex problems that may span multiple AWS services
- Apart from working on a broad spectrum of technical issues, an AWS Support Engineer may also coach/mentor new hires, develop & present training, partner with development teams on complex issues or contact deflection initiatives, participate in new hiring, write tools/script to help the team, or work with leadership on process improvement and strategic initiatives
Must hold or be able to attain an Australian Government Security Vetting Agency clearance (see https://www1.defence.gov.au/security/clearances).
A day in the life First and foremost this is a Linux technical support role – in the Cloud. On a typical day, a Support Engineer will be primarily responsible for solving internal operational issues, preparing or reviewing operational dashboards, working through our change management system to modify systems, writing new run-books for newly onboarded services, training other new Support Engineers, and using our internal AI systems in problem solving and diagnosis.
You will be required to occasionally participate in an “on-call” rotations to resolve incidents occurring out-of-hours.
About the team Region Services provides the highest caliber Operational Solutions and Cleared Support for services within our Regions. We provide 'hands on keyboard' support to our service teams by deploying changes into these isolated regions, monitoring the results, and reporting any issues that are observed.
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Basic Qualifications
- 5+ years support engineering or system admin experience on Linux or Unix systems
- Demonstrated proficiency with scripting languages such as Bash, Python, C, C++, Java or Ruby
- Deep understanding of scalable computing systems
- Good working knowledge/experience on highly distributed virtual environment, networking, software build and deployment process
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience troubleshooting and debugging technical systems, or experience in development or technical support
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related technical field
- Knowledge of cloud computing concepts and design considerations
- Experience with networking fundamentals including hands-on experience with load balancers, switches, routers, etc.
- Familiar with the challenges surrounding efficient operations and failure mode analysis in large complex distributed systems
Acknowledgement of country: In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
IDE statement: Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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