SysDev Engineer II, Kuiper Devices & Systems
Amazon
DESCRIPTION
Project Kuiper is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around 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.
Join the Kuiper Devices & Systems (KDS) team as a Linux Client Fleet Manager. This is a unique opportunity to shape how Linux client systems are managed within Amazon Kuiper. You’ll own the strategy and operations that keep our Linux endpoints secure, compliant, and optimized for productivity across engineering, manufacturing, and science teams. Working alongside a skilled, mission-driven team, your efforts will directly support Kuiper’s goal of connecting unserved and underserved communities around the world through innovative satellite technology.
Key job responsibilities
- Fleet Management: Oversee the lifecycle of all Linux client systems, including provisioning, configuration management, patching, upgrades, and retirement.
- Security & Compliance: Implement and maintain controls to ensure systems meet rigorous internal and external security requirements (e.g., NIST, FedRAMP, ITAR compliance). Drive initiatives to keep the fleet within defined patches and configuration baselines.
- Tooling & Automation: Develop and improve automation for imaging, software distribution, monitoring, and policy enforcement. Utilize tools like MaaS, Ansible, Puppet, or Tanium for scalable fleet operations.
- Printer Management for Manufacturing: Launch and maintain printers that support SAP-driven manufacturing processes, ensuring seamless integration with Linux endpoints on the manufacturing floor.
- Operational Excellence: Define metrics and dashboards to monitor fleet health, compliance, and performance. Drive initiatives to reduce mean time to repair (MTTR) and increase fleet stability.
- Collaboration: Partner closely with Security, Networking, Manufacturing, and Application teams to support specialized workloads and deploy solutions tailored to Kuiper’s unique environments.
- Process Leadership: Build and document processes for hardware lifecycle management, software approvals, printer onboarding, and user support related to Linux systems.
Due to the need to access certain federal controlled information, you must be a U.S. citizen for consideration.
A day in the life
In this role, you will develop automation for Linux provisioning, configuration, and patching. You’ll partner with security, networking, and manufacturing teams to enforce NIST and ITAR compliance, ensuring seamless integration in production environments. Daily work includes managing endpoint security tools, supporting printers on the manufacturing floor, troubleshooting fleet issues, and monitoring compliance dashboards. You’ll document processes, drive root cause analysis, and implement long-term improvements. This hands-on role requires strong technical skills, proactive problem-solving, and a focus on secure and efficient operations.
About the team
Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. Amazon has ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.
At Amazon, our mission is to be the most customer-centric company on Earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright and driven people. We're dedicated to supporting new team members. Our team has a broad mix of experience levels and Amazon tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship.