Devops Engineer Job in Amazon

DESCRIPTION

Amazon India is seeking world class DevOps Engineers for their Platform Development team located in Bangalore. The ideal candidate is expected to provide quality first-tier systems and event management for the global technical operations of various customer facing systems. He/she will have experience working in a busy online operations environment and have previously participated in operational support for at least one large-scale enterprise environment. A strong knowledge of the Linux operating system is required in addition to a passion for working with new technologies and pushing the envelope on existing technologies, particularly open source technologies. Amazon DevOps Engineer are expected to build or enhance their own tools, develop and operate best practices, and always think and act proactively and innovatively. This is an excellent opportunity to join Amazons world class technical teams, working with some of the best and brightest engineers while also developing your skills and furthering your career within one of the most dynamic, innovative and progressive technology companies anywhere. In addition to a stimulating working environment, Amazon offers mentoring programs with experienced engineers, regular tech talks with technology Principals and defined career paths within multiple streams for motivated engineers who want to contribute to our culture of operational excellence and relentless customer-focused technical innovation.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

A degree in Computer Science or at least one years relevant experience in a large-scale online technical operations environment

Excellent written and verbal communication skills to facilitate efficient and effective interaction with peers and customers

Effective organisational skills to maintain a consistently high standard of operations in a busy environment

Confidence to initiate, drive and manage company-wide conference calls

Strong knowledge of the computer science fundamentals and good understanding of multi tiered software systems

Excellent troubleshooting skills and a proven documentation methodology

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Get there first; be the first to detect and diagnose service impacting events

Provide critical technical support, incident response and incident management to seller experience internal customers to include monitoring and management of communications during high impact events (via conference calls utilizing an established Event Management process) and close collaboration with level-two and level-three resolvers

Drive down mean time to resolution for all incident types

Automate select systems administration tasks through creation and maintenance of scripts and tools

Automate various system configuration and maintenance tasks

Troubleshoot Application issues

Website and corporate load balancer configuration and troubleshooting

Respond to and complete customer requests to SLA via Remedy trouble ticketing system

Provide monitoring support for all customer-facing services

Identify and troubleshoot recurring platform issues. Effective escalation of same to mid and senior level engineering teams for full resolution

Engage disparate resolver teams to resolve application/platform interaction issues

Create and review documentation and process regarding recurring issues, new standard operating procedures, knowledge transfer material, etc.

Mentor junior staff in basic Linux system administration, and assist in the formulation of a structured training plan

Participate in entry level interviewing