Senior Systems Dev Engineer

Amazon Inc

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Hybrid
Location
Redmond, WA
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$151,200–$204,600 / yr
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65 days ago
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Amazon Inc. is the world''s largest e-commerce and cloud computing company, operating the Amazon marketplace, AWS cloud platform, Prime subscription services, Alexa voice AI, and logistics infrastructure. Industry: E-Commerce & Cloud Computing

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TL;DR · Senior Systems Dev Engineer

The Sr Systems Dev Engineer, Amazon Leo OISL serves as a technical lead and senior individual contributor within the Network Operations team. This role focuses on the operational monitoring, troubleshooting, and reliability of over 10,000 optical laser links within a low Earth orbit satellite constellation. You will own the end-to-end network operations strategy, building scalable services to automate fault detection, ticketing, and incident response. Daily tasks include developing data pipelines for KPI tracking, designing observability platforms, and applying ML/AI for root cause analysis. You will utilize Python, Spark SQL, and cloud services to develop tools while troubleshooting complex Layer-1 optical networking and Layer-2/3 switching and routing issues. The work involves ensuring the reliability of a revolutionary laser communication network connecting thousands of satellites in space.

What you'll do

  • Own the OISL Network Operations strategy, including the tooling roadmap, automation priorities, and process maturity.
  • Lead the NetOps on-call program by designing escalation paths, automated ticketing, runbooks, and incident response.
  • Build scalable services to automate monitoring, fault detection, classification, and ticketing for the satellite network.
  • Develop data pipelines and observability platforms for KPI tracking, anomaly detection, and real-time monitoring.
  • Apply ML/AI techniques for fault correlation, root cause analysis, and predictive failure detection.
  • Perform hands-on development of tools and automation using Python, Spark SQL, and cloud services.
  • Lead investigations into complex link failures and constellation-level fault patterns with hardware and software teams.
  • Author technical specifications, design testing strategies for distributed systems, and mentor team engineers.

What we're looking for

  • Candidates must be a U.S. citizen, national, permanent resident, or lawfully admitted as a refugee or granted asylum.
  • 6+ years of experience in systems design, software development, operations, automation, and process improvement.
  • Experience leading the design, automation, deployment, and support of large-scale infrastructure.
  • Experience in Network Operations with proficiency in troubleshooting and debugging complex issues across Layer-1 or Layer-2/3.
  • Experience with Python, Ruby, or Java.
  • Experience with PowerShell (preferred).
  • 6+ years of experience in satellite network operations, telecommunications, or large-scale distributed network environments (preferred).
  • Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates.

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