Systems Engineer AWS

Salary: £63,000 - 103,000 per year

Requirements

• Working knowledge of Linux system administration and strong troubleshooting skills across application, network, and host levels
• Experience with systems automation using BASH, Python, Perl, or similar tools
• Experience with network fundamentals, including DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, routing, switching, and HTTP
• Exposure to cloud computing concepts and design considerations
• Knowledge of configuration management systems such as Puppet, Chef, Ansible, or similar systems
• Ability to be a UK national and obtain and maintain a UK Government Security Clearance

Responsibilities

• Help implement innovative cloud computing solutions and solve complex technical problems
• Operate and engineer systems at massive scale
• Investigate customer issues and root causes, including metric trends and service behavior
• Consult with senior engineers to diagnose and resolve issues
• Own our services and support out-of-hours operations as smoothly as possible
• Apply Operational Excellence best practices and automate manual processes
• Troubleshoot, innovate fixes, and create workarounds using Linux skills
• Keep software up to date and provide data and metrics to support capacity and efficiency management
• Identify and troubleshoot network connectivity issues
• Communicate clearly, collaborate with others, and deliver results
• Work as self-starters in a fast-moving environment with ambiguity and change
• Stay customer-obsessed and resolve customer pain points quickly and completely

Technologies

• AWS
• Ansible
• Bash
• Cloud
• EC2
• HTTP
• Support
• Linux
• Network
• Perl
• Puppet
• Python
• Security
• TCP/IP
• IoT
• Web

More

We are AWS Utility Computing, building and operating some of the largest internet infrastructure on the planet and supporting services such as Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things, Platform, and Productivity Apps. You will join a world-class team in a dynamic, start-up-like environment, with opportunities to learn distributed systems at massive scale, influence internal tools and utilities, and grow through mentorship, knowledge-sharing, and career development resources. We value inclusion, curiosity, work-life harmony, and a culture where we work hard, have fun, and make history.

last updated 36 week of 2026

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