2.) Driving toward zero-touch operations by building detection, diagnostics, and remediation of faults without human intervention
3.) Debugging complex system failures in time-sensitive settings personally diving deep when the problem demands it.
4.) Completing root cause analysis correlating across firmware, kernel, driver, thermal, power, and physical layers.
What you will do: As a member of the Specialized Platforms and Servers team, you’ll be responsible for collaborating with Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) service teams and Data Center Operations to maintain fleet health in all the locations we have servers.
You will work closely with internal teams, suppliers, and external partners capturing lessons learned while operating the fleet to ensure next generation designs are of the highest quality, constantly looking for ways to improve your product performance, quality and cost.
Key job responsibilities
As a CHDE you will be responsible for scaling how we operate our massive existing & rapidly growing fleet. You will lead the integration and delivery of servers, support the development of automated monitoring, and failure analysis services to operate, debug, and scale our servers. You will work closely with other AWS software teams to tailor and operate servers solutions for the AWS environment. You will support launching our servers into production and operating our fleet of servers.
A day in the life
Your day to day responsibilities will be solving operational challenges to our existing fleet with the goal of improving the current customer experience as well as developing improved systems for future designs.
About the team
The team is comprised of CHDE's, System Development Engineers and Technical Program Managers, all with the common goal of delivering the best specialized server fleet possible to our customers.
Why AWS
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Inclusive Team Culture
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Work/Life Balance
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Mentorship and Career Growth
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Diverse Experiences
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Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent, or 3+ years of relevant technical position experience.
3+ years of experience in server level design for compute or other complex product design.
Experience in developing design verification plans and functional test procedures.
Experience in board and server root cause analysis and resolution.
5+ years of experience in complex product development such as servers, network switches, or other highly integrated devices with hardware, software, and service aspects.
Proficient scripting, debug abilities, and Linux operations commands.
Experience deploying and operating hardware and applications across large data centers.
Meets/exceeds Amazon’s leadership principles requirements for this role
Meets/exceeds Amazon’s functional/technical depth and complexity for this role
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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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, CA, Cupertino - 157,300.00 - 212,800.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 136,000.00 - 184,000.00 USD annually
