At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the engineering of resilient cloud systems for Australia's national security.
- Company: Join Amazon, a leader in cloud technology and innovation.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive pay, health cover, and extensive learning opportunities.
- Other info: Relocation support available; diverse and inclusive work culture.
- Why this job: Shape the future of national security through cutting-edge technology.
- Qualifications: 5+ years in systems development and experience with modern programming languages.
The predicted salary is between 135000 - 165000 $ per year.
G'day! You've found an opportunity that could define your next chapter. Applicants must be Australian citizens and hold or be eligible to obtain an Australian Government Security Clearance with the ability to successfully complete an Organisational Suitability Assessment.
Based in Sydney or Melbourne — we offer relocation support for candidates moving from other states.
The Mission - Why This Program, Why Now? You're joining at the defining moment of one of the most significant technology programmes Australia has ever undertaken. This programme will build and operate the dedicated cloud giving Australia's national security community and its allies the capability to see more, share more, innovate and act faster than ever before.
Your Opportunity: As a Senior System Development Engineer in Core Networking, you'll be the driving force behind the software services and platforms that build, operate, monitor, and assure the network within an entire region — and you'll set the technical direction for how those systems evolve. You'll develop deep expertise across 170+ network services built by teams spanning the globe. You'll own the dual mandate that defines this level: operational excellence today and engineering innovation for tomorrow.
You'll identify patterns in operational burden and engineer them away at scale, building automation and tooling that gives your team back hours, days, and weeks. You'll mentor fellow engineers, contribute to architectural decisions that shape the programme's future, and champion operational best practices that raise the bar for the entire team.
Key job responsibilities include:
- Owning the software services and platforms that keep the AWS network running within the region.
- Leading the engineering effort to continuously reinvent them to be more resilient, more automated, and more scalable.
- Identifying patterns in operational burden and engineering them away.
- Building automation that transforms manual runbooks into self-healing workflows.
- Designing and implementing entirely new software components, products, and services that improve operational efficiency.
- Leading investigations when technical issues arise and performing root cause analysis.
- Mentoring fellow engineers and guiding them through operational deep-dives.
About The Team: The Systems Development team manages all of the software services and platforms that build, operate, monitor and assure the AWS network within entire regions. We design and implement automation and new software solutions to improve operational efficiency on behalf of our Network Engineer customers.
Diverse Experiences: AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply.
Why AWS? Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating.
Inclusive Team Culture: AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique.
Mentorship & Career Growth: We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer.
Work/Life Balance: We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home.
Basic Qualifications:
- 5+ years of deploying and operating in a Linux/Unix environment experience.
- 5+ years of systems development in an IT or data center environment experience.
- 3+ years of systems design, software development, operations, automation, and process improvement experience.
- 3+ years of programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with distributed systems at scale.
- Experience in mentoring, leading, or managing more junior engineers.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes.
- Experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering.
- Experience building tools for building, testing, releasing or monitoring.
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.
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.
Senior System Development Engineer, Core Networking (Relocation support available) in Adelaide employer: Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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