Systems Development Engineer II, Kuiper Devices and Systems - Infrastructure

Job ID: | Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC

Amazon Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities across the world, and we’ve designed the system with the capacity, flexibility, and performance to serve a wide range of customers, from individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

Export Control: This position requires that the selected candidate be a U.S. Citizen in order to comply with U.S. government-imposed requirements related to the nature of the work and/or where it will be performed.

Systems Development Engineer role focuses on supporting essential Leo shared software services and infrastructure across multiple business functions such as mechanical, printed circuit board, ASIC, and wiring. These functions require managing software services, lab environments, infrastructure both on‑premise (including hyper‑converged) and in AWS, and data all in support of satellite research and development. You’ll design environments and manage both their physical and cloud infrastructure, which includes operating system administration across Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Windows, used by the business critical design functions.

Hands‑on management of server deployments, system maintenance, and infrastructure improvements is required while ensuring consistent uptime for engineering teams. Working directly with stakeholders, you’ll gather requirements, plan improvements, and implement changes through formal change control processes.

Key Job Responsibilities

- Server Administration – Customizing, deploying, and administering Linux and/or Windows physical and virtualized servers in hybrid environments.
- Cloud Engineering – Designing, deploying, and maintaining services and their environments on one or more major cloud service providers (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Network Administration – Deploying and managing networking resources in support of both cloud and on‑premise infrastructure.




- Service Operations – Ensuring required service levels are maintained to customer specification via service and infrastructure instrumentation, monitoring, and reporting; establishing and following support, change, and disaster recovery processes.
- Solution Design – Working with internal partners and engineering peers on requirements and designing a respective solution in a disciplined and collaborative approach.
- Continuous Improvement – Evaluating current services and their implementation in cooperation with partners and peers to make improvements.
- Automation and Documentation – Creating and maintaining automation for routine and deterministic workflows and authoring high‑quality documentation for all stages of a service’s life cycle.

A Day in the Life

Kuiper Devices & Systems – Infrastructure is looking for experienced and dedicated team members to manage the administration, maintenance, and development of services and environments for various Amazon Leo design and manufacturing functions (e.g., Integrated Circuits, Mechanical Parts, Printed Circuit Board, Machining) and ServiceNow. The ideal candidate is innovative, has strong problem‑solving skills, and takes pride in service quality. You must be comfortable working with internal partners cross‑functionally and approach activities with automation in mind, reserving manual execution to when automation is not an option.

About the Team

We embrace our differences and are committed to fostering a culture of inclusion. Our team has a broad mix of experience levels and Amazon tenures, and we are building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship.

Basic Qualifications

- 3+ years of Linux systems administration experience
- 5+ years of automation scripting using Python, Bash, Shell,



and/or Perl
- 3+ years automating, deploying, and supporting distributed software services and related infrastructure in support of CI/CD principles (Infrastructure as Code, desired state config, pipelines, etc.)
- 3+ years of experience designing and implementing software/systems solutions in a collaborative approach with peers and stakeholders
- 3+ years leading technical initiatives involving multiple stakeholders and cross‑functional dependencies
- 3+ years of systems engineering experience managing services and related infrastructure on‑premise and cloud (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure)

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with virtualization (Hypervisors, VMware, Xen) or managing full application stacks from the OS up through custom applications and experience in networking administration and troubleshooting
- 3+ years of database administration experience
- 1+ year of experience administering and developing Hexagon EAM
- 1+ year of Java applet development
- 3+ years of programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Golang, or Ruby
- Experience with Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (e.g., EC2, VPC, NAT Gateway, Private Links, EBS)
- 3+ years managing large‑scale distributed production infrastructure with hundreds of users

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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Base salary range: USA, WA, Bellevue – $129,200.00 – $174,800.00 USD annually.

Benefits include health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D; insurance and optional supplemental life plans), EAP, mental health support, medical advice line, adaptable spending accounts, adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage; 401(k) matching; paid time off; and parental leave. Learn more at

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