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Sr. Systems Development Engineer, Amazon Elastic VMware Service (EVS)

Amazon$151K — $204K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • 6+ years in designing or architecting systems
  • Proficient with PowerShell, Python, Ruby, or Java
  • Deep technical experience with VMware technologies (ESXi, vSAN, NSX, VCF)
  • Experience with distributed systems at scale

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with engineers and business leaders to enhance VMware capabilities
  • Participate in product definition and technical architecture reviews
  • Lead performance testing and benchmarking of AWS infrastructure
  • Automate software deployments and operations using scripting languages
  • Design and implement software-defined networking solutions
  • Engage with customers to understand their needs and ensure satisfaction

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
  • 401(k) matching program
  • Paid time off and parental leave
  • Mental health support and employee assistance programs
  • Flexible spending accounts and adoption/surrogacy reimbursement
Full Job Description
Key job responsibilities

As a SysDE in the VMware team, you'll work alongside other builders, principal engineers, and business leaders to create new capabilities that provide enhanced experience for our customers running VMware workloads. All team members actively participate in product definition, technical architecture reviews, iterative development, code review, and operations. Along with this, you'll have the opportunity to interact with customers to understand and ensure their needs are met. Clear, professional, verbal and written communication with teammates and customers is an important part of the job.

Our SysDE's are expected to have a comprehensive knowledge of VMware deployments, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), ESXi, vSAN, and NSX. Strong proficiency in automating software deployments and operations using scripting languages such as Bash, Python, and PowerShell is essential. You will be leading performance testing and/or bench marking of AWS infrastructure for VMware workloads and driving continuous improvements. You will design and implement software-defined networking solutions, such as virtual switches and overlay networks, to enable flexible and programmable network infrastructure.

You will be inventing the foundation for the next phase of the products and beyond. A commitment to teamwork, hustle, and strong communication skills (to both business and technical partners) are absolute requirements. Creating a reliable, scalable, and high-performance service requires exceptional technical expertise, a sound understanding of the fundamentals of Computer Science, and practical experience building large-scale distributed systems. You should enjoy working on complex systems, be customer-centric, and have a proven track record of building exceptionally high quality software that delights customers.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree, or Bachelor of Arts degree

- 6+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience

- Experience with PowerShell (preferred), Python, Ruby, or Java

- Hands on deep technical experience with VMware technologies, including, ESXi, vSAN, NSX and VCF

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience with distributed systems at scale

- Strong understanding of networking concepts, protocols, and technologies, including software-defined networking, BGP, BFD, and IP routing. Deep knowledge of the OSI model, with a focus on Layer 2 (Data Link) and Layer 3 (Network) protocols and their interactions.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, Seattle - 151,200.00 - 204,600.00 USD annually

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Amazon Careers

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