Telecom Operations Engineer, Amazon Connect, Amazon Connect

AWS Applied AI Solutions (AAIS) is building toward a future where every business innovates with Amazon AI teammates. To get there, we build AI solutions that improve human capabilities and transform entire business functions. We create end-to-end products that surprise and delight out-of-the-box, making complex things easy and hard things possible, with no cloud experience required. We start with customers who embrace the future and build bridges to meet the rest where they are. We pursue ambitious opportunities with conviction, and we are looking for builders who share that mindset.

Amazon Connect Customer is an AI-powered customer experience solution that enables superior outcomes at a lower cost. Since its 2017 public launch, Amazon Connect Customer has become an AI leader, transforming how organizations of all types interact with their customers.

The Amazon Connect Customer Telecom Engineering team is responsible for provisioning and maintaining connectivity to global telecom carriers, managing the backend telecom infrastructure, and troubleshooting customer issues related to telephony. The SBC (Session Border Controller) service is owned by the team and is used to route calls between Amazon Connect Customer and telecom carriers.

We are seeking Systems Engineers who are experts in SIP/VoIP to join our team to help us support and expand the Amazon Connect Customer's telecom infrastructure. Amazon Connect Customer supports thousands of concurrent customer calls and tens of thousands of agents using an internally developed SIP based Call Center Platform. Our technology is compelling, as it solves a common problem in a novel way - and it is unique in the industry. We are looking for engineers to help us expand our infrastructure to new global regions, support existing implementations, and innovate telecom network operations through tooling and processes to improve customer productivity. Be part of the team that handles large amount of phone calls, among the largest in contact center platforms globally.

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Basic qualifications

- 4+ years of site reliability engineering (SRE), systems engineering, systems administration, DevOps, security administration, or network administration experience

- 5+ years of Linux experience

- 5+ years of systems engineering experience

- Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or related field or relevant work experience

- Experience in site reliability engineering (SRE), systems engineering, systems administration, DevOps, security administration, or network administration

- Experience working with Linux

- Experience in systems engineering

- Experience in any of the following: Python, Java, Perl, PHP, Ruby, Bash, Shell or equivalent

Preferred qualifications

- Knowledge of TCP/IP and networking protocols such as HTTP and DNS

- Experience designing and developing scripts to automate operational burdens and reviewing scripting changes to ensure they meet the standards for maintainability, scalability and security

- Experience working in 24/7 production environment

- Experience with service-oriented architecture and web services

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, Seattle - 104,500.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually