Senior Systems Engineer

• Washington, Arizona, Florida, Kentucky, or Texas, within two hours’ drive to multiple Bezos Academy preschools (please see our website for school locations); Seattle, WA preferred
• Relocation support is available for those willing to relocate to Seattle, WA

• This is a full-time, benefits-eligible, salaried position.
• The full salary range for this position, across applicable United States geographies, is $98,000- $185,000 per year. The upper portion of the salary range is typically reserved for employees who have been in the role for multiple years and have demonstrated strong performance over time. Starting salary will vary by location, qualifications, and prior experience.
• This role includes 15 paid days of vacation, 4 days of paid personal time off, 9 paid days of sick (care) time, 9 paid holidays, 5 paid days off for an organization-wide winter break, and additional time off if required by applicable law.

for this role include medical, dental, and vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, a 401(k) plan with a 4% employer contribution match, paid parental leave, an employer-matched flexible spending account for dependent care, and more.

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• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Eight or more years of progressive experience in information technology, systems engineering, and/or IaaS/SaaS/PaaS-based infrastructure management
• Expertise in AWS cloud infrastructure platforms, tools, and methodologies including cloud networking (e.g. Cloudflare, Akamai)
• Ability to manage AI platforms and infrastructure (e.g. Claude CoWork, Copilot Studio, Azure Foundry)
• Experience deploying, administering, supporting, and migrating between SaaS applications and platforms in an enterprise environment
• Working knowledge of information security best practices in a cloud environment
• Ability to speak, read, and write English fluently
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time to schools and other sites as needed

• Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC), CI/CD, and associated tooling (e.g. AWS CLI, CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible, Salt, Puppet, Chef, Harness, CircleCI, Wiz)
• Experience administering observability platforms (e.g. Dynatrace, Datadog, Splunk)
• Experience using REST APIs and MCP servers
• Experience with O365 and Azure AD administration
• Experience with cloud-based automated system deployment, configuration management, MDM, and application deployment systems for Mac/Windows (Jamf/Intune)
• Experience leading technical projects including researching solutions, planning, implementing, and training downstream teams
• Knowledge of ITIL (information technology infrastructure library) concepts such as change and incident management

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If you are in need of an accommodation to participate in the application process, please reach out to talent@bezosacademy.org .

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If you are a current Bezos Academy employee, please use the internal job board to apply.