Systems Engineer, Cryptography, Access and Identity Services

Company: AmazonWebServices
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Location: London
Job Description:

Overview

In this role you will design, build, and operate services for a massive cloud platform, focusing on automation and reliability in a high-availability environment. You’ll mentor junior engineers, own service operations, and improve efficiency across cryptography, identity, and access systems. You’ll apply Linux and networking know-how to diagnose issues, reduce toil, and scale operations. Join a collaborative team delivering disruptive, scalable cloud services at AWS.

Pay / Benefits

  • Mentorship & Career Growth
  • Work/Life Balance
  • Inclusive Team Culture
  • Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Responsibilities

  • Build, deploy, and operate services for customers at scale
  • Automate service operations and deployment methods
  • Mentor junior engineers and share knowledge
  • Troubleshoot and fix issues in Linux-based environments
  • Apply networking skills to diagnose connectivity and performance problems
  • Identify opportunities to reduce manual toil and improve processes
  • Develop, sustain, and grow services in cloud production environments
  • Analyze metrics to drive capacity planning and efficiency improvements

Key requirements

  • Experience in site reliability engineering (SRE), systems engineering, DevOps, security administration, or network administration
  • Experience working with Linux
  • Experience in systems engineering
  • Experience with programming or scripting languages (Python, Java, Perl, PHP, Ruby, Bash, Shell) or equivalent
  • Leadership and ability to work as a subject matter expert
  • Mentorship and knowledge sharing
  • Collaboration and teamwork
  • Linux proficiency
  • Scripting/automation (e.g., Python, Bash)
  • Networking knowledge (TCP/IP, HTTP, DNS)

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Posted: September 30th, 2026