Amazon
Systems Engineer, Controls Fleet, DC Capacity Delivery
$82K–$144K
Herndon, VA · Full-time · Posted Oct 27, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years of Linux systems administration and/or development; 1+ years working in at least two listed programming languages. Preferred: 2+ years in listed engineering/administration fields and 1+ years building large-scale automation.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or other technical degree or related experience.
About the job
Deploys and supports large-scale data center infrastructure, automation, and hybrid cloud systems while improving fleet security and reliability.
What you'll do
- Deploy, manage, and support large-scale infrastructure and data center operations, including rack deployments and system refreshes.
- Build automation tools and scripts, and support hybrid infrastructure using AWS cloud services.
- Lead concurrent optimization and security projects, coordinate with global teams, and participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation.
What they ask for
- 2+ years of Linux systems administration and/or development experience.
- 1+ years of work in at least two of these languages: Python, Java, Perl, PHP, Ruby or Bash/Shell.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or other technical degree or related experience.
- Knowledge of networking fundamentals and experience working in a 24/7 production environment.
Nice to have
- 2+ years of site reliability engineering (SRE), systems engineering, systems administration, DevOps, security administration, or network administration experience.
- Experience building scripts, tooling, and automation for large-scale computing environments; knowledge of configuration management systems such as Puppet, Chef, or Ansible.
Pay
82,400.00 - 144,100.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Linux, Python, Java, Perl, PHP, Ruby, Bash/Shell, AWS
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