Are you inspired by invention? Is problem solving through teamwork in your DNA? We apply advances in robotics and software to solve real-world problems that delight our customers' experiences in ways we can't even imagine yet.

Amazon Robotics is located in the greater Boston area, the epicenter of robotics innovation. Our diverse, collaborative team of engineers come from all over the world to design, test and build our dynamic fleet of robots and mechatronic systems. Having our offices, labs, test floors and factories all co-located means that we can design the hardware, write the code, test, build and watch it all come to life. This allows us to innovate quickly and on limitless ideas. Current advancements are underway in autonomous movement and mobility, artificial intelligence and machine learning, manipulation, simulation, robotic management software, predictive analytics, and much more.

We are looking for a Systems Development Engineer who will actively support and foster a culture of inclusion and be a key contributor to designing, developing and supporting our complex infrastructure environment across a diverse set of technologies and applications. This role will provide exposure to cutting edge technology including an ecosystem of robotics, industrial IoT, sensors, drones, and mobile devices. The right candidate will be able to identify and resolve issues, automate processes, maintain service infrastructure, and work closely with cross departmental teams to achieve business objectives while ensuring platform security, reliability, and supportability. The ideal candidate will have experience working with Windows, Linux and cloud platforms such as AWS, preferably in large scale, distributed environments.

Key job responsibilities

- Actively support and foster a culture of inclusion

- Participate in on call rotation for infrastructure related coverage

- Implement scalable distributed systems in AWS.

- Provide troubleshooting and problem solving for platform and application issues

- Deliver OS patching in addition to platform and application updates

- Setup and maintain automated solutions for testing, alerting and monitoring

- Create and maintain deployments for platform management/administration automation with scripting in Perl, Python, JAVA, etc.

A day in the life

Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include:

1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage

2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options

3. Paid Time Off (PTO)

4. 401(k) Plan

If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly, we'd still love to hear from you! At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets. If you're passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply!

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Campbellsville, KY, USA

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 1+ years of experience with Linux and Windows server administration

- 1+ years working within virtualization or cloud environments

- 1+ years systems engineering experience

- 1+ years of systems management/administration automation in Perl, Python, JAVA or similar technologies

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- 1+ years working on large-scale distributed systems

- 1+ years of experience with AWS services such as: VPC, EC2, S3, RDS and SES/SMTP on production workloads

- 1+ years of experience using, designing, and/or implementing system health and performance monitoring tools

- 1+ years of experience with security concepts such as: network security, application security, security protocols, cryptography, etc.

- 1+ years of experience using Agile software development practices

- Demonstrated problem solving skills with a strong attention to detail

- Experience using, implementing or managing configuration management platforms

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

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