Description
Have you ever wanted to be part of a team who is building industry changing technology? Amazon’s Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband network connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.
You will manage Kuiper's Atlassian suite for our commercial and government sectors. You will use AWS products and DevOps patterns to build the next generation of remote systems management tools to support productivity applications such as Confluence, Jira, Bitbucket and Bamboo.
We are looking for a motivated and autonomous builder to deliver results to our customers. This is a hands-on position where your daily activities will range from strategic planning to new system development to supporting the customers that depend on our services. Deliver consistent, well-defined results in an agile systems development workflow.
Key job responsibilities
Subject Matter Expert on all workflows end-to-end, customizations, marketplace apps, management and configuration in Atlassian
Identifying dependencies in support of delivery, release, and change management
Partner with all cross-functional teams to determine needs
Develop customized solutions, including design, implementation, quality control, end-to-end testing plans in multiple environments (dev/test/stage/prod), troubleshooting and bug fixing
Maintain the security and data integrity of the Atlassian implementation.
Install, configure and administration of the Atlassian implementation
Own stability of the applications to Engineering standards including, incident management, monitoring, alerting and incident resolution for all aspects of the Atlassian products
Troubleshoot application issues and add-on integration issues in the Atlassian implementation
Collaborate with cross functional stakeholders to ensure changes to implementations and integrations are gracefully handled
Determine ways to optimize/improve setup and workflows, as well as identify where functionality may or may not meet user requests
Develop metrics dashboards and advanced filters to provide end-users and business leadership with meaningful operational/performance metrics and status reports
Use Atlassian REST APIs to develop one-off solutions for integrations with other tools, automate manual processes, data migration routines and extract data for reporting and analytics purposes
User management and support for users, manage system access across groups to ensure compliance, and maintain best practices
Create and manage security schemes, custom fields and configurations
Install, manage and administer add-ons, plugins, and extensions for Atlassian Cloud products
Develop process workflows for Jira including field configurations, screen schemes, permission schemes and notification schemes
Research, Diagnose, and Monitor performance bottlenecks
Act as a mentor to less technical stakeholders with best practices
Write documentation and provide technical training for cross-functional teams
Export Control Requirements: Due to the need to access certain federal controlled information, you must be a U.S. citizen for consideration.
A day in the life
The Kuiper Enterprise Technology organization is looking for an experienced Application Engineer with infrastructure and development background. We are using AWS products to host our services and build controlled environments. If you are passionate about automating large-scale cloud infrastructure deployments, keep reading.
As a Application Engineer will be expected to influence the business and technology direction of the team. Have the ability to impact the goals of not only your direct team but partner teams and stakeholders as well. As an Application Engineer on the team, you will be counted on to define and apply the standards for engineering, test, and operational excellence best practices for your team.
About the team
Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. Amazon has ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.
At Amazon, our mission is to be the most customer-centric company on Earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright and driven people. We're dedicated to supporting new team members. Our team has a broad mix of experience levels and Amazon tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Bellevue, WA, USA
Basic Qualifications
3+ years of programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby experience
3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
2+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
4+ years of systems development
4+ years of deploying and operating in a Linux/Unix environment experience
2+ years of systems design, software development, operations, automation, and process improvement experience
Experience leading the design, build and deployment of complex and performant (reliable and scalable) software solutions in production
Preferred Qualifications
Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and livesite operations
Experience taking a leading role in building complex software or computing infrastructure that has been successfully delivered to customers
AWS DevOps certification or equivalent experience AWS Solutions Architect certification or equivalent experience
AWS Networking certification or equivalent experience
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $108,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $210,800/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.