Security and Citizenship Requirements

Applicants must be Australian citizens and hold or be eligible to obtain an Australian Government Security Clearance with the ability to successfully complete an Organisational Suitability Assessment. More information regarding security clearances can be found at

Location and Relocation Support

Based in Sydney or Melbourne. We offer relocation support for candidates moving from other states.

Benefits

- Learning & development – AWS training and certification support, access to internal learning platforms
- Health, income protection and life cover – Amazon subsidises private health insurance premiums, and group salary continuance and life insurance are included at no cost to you
- Military differential pay launching in Australia – Australian employees taking defence reserve leave may receive up to 52 weeks of military differential pay to help cover the difference in pay while serving
- Employee Assistance Program – Free, confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for you and your family – mental health, financial coaching, legal questions, and everyday life events
- Family-building benefit – Access to Maven for fertility treatment, adoption support, surrogacy, and parenting coaching
- Amazon Extras & employee discount – cashback and discounts across hundreds of retail, fitness, travel, and lifestyle partners

Key Job Responsibilities

You’ll own the software services and platforms that keep the AWS network running within the region—and you’ll lead the engineering effort to continuously reinvent them to be more resilient, more automated, and more scalable.

Your dual mandate—operational excellence today and engineering innovation for tomorrow—means no two weeks look the same.



You’ll own the health and reliability of critical network software systems, responding to operational events with the calm precision of someone who understands the architecture end‑to‑end.

You’ll identify patterns in operational burden and engineer them away, building automation that transforms manual runbooks into self‑healing workflows.

Your engineering work spans the full lifecycle of complex distributed systems. You’ll lead the design and implementation of solutions that reduce operational toil at scale, develop automation that minimises human intervention, and collaborate with global service teams to enhance stability and functionality.

You’ll design and implement entirely new software components, products, and services that improve operational efficiency on behalf of your network engineer customers.

When technical issues arise, you’ll lead the investigation—diagnosing at the code or systems level, performing root cause analysis, implementing long‑term fixes, and articulating technical requirements back to service owners with clarity and precision.

You’ll mentor fellow engineers, guide them through operational deep‑dives, and pass on the craft of systems thinking.

You’ll contribute to architectural decisions that shape the programme’s future, champion best practices, and build relationships with global service teams to ensure successful deployments and effective problem resolution.

About The Team





The Systems Development team manages all of the software services and platforms that build, operate, monitor and assure the AWS network within entire regions. We design and implement automation and new software solutions to improve operational efficiency on behalf of our Network Engineer customers, powering AWS’s vast network infrastructure.

Basic Qualifications

- 5+ years of deploying and operating in a Linux/Unix environment
- 5+ years of systems development in an IT or data center setting
- 3+ years of systems design, software development, operations, automation, and process improvement
- 3+ years of programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby
- Experience leading the design, automation, deployment, and support of large‑scale infrastructure

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with distributed systems at scale
- Experience in mentoring, leading, or managing more junior engineers
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes
- Experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands‑on systems engineering
- Experience building tools for building, testing, releasing or monitoring

Acknowledgement Of Country

In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

IDE Statement

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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📌 Senior System Development Engineer, Core Networking (Relocation support available) (Brisbane City)
🏢 Amazon Web Services (AWS)
📍 Brisbane City