Network & Systems Engineer, Media Systems Engineering

Prime Video is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to join our Amazon MGM Studios Technology team in Culver City, CA. In this role, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to support production and post-production partners by designing, implementing, and maintaining business-critical infrastructure for Studios teams globally. Your responsibilities will include implementing and supporting enterprise network, systems, and storage solutions, as well as managing hybrid cloud network infrastructure to ensure scalability, reliability, and performance across distributed environments.

Key job responsibilities
Design, implement, and support Network, Systems and Storage solutions optimized for Studios workflows across on-premises data centers, public cloud platforms, and production/post-production facilities globally.
Perform routine maintenance, updates, and patches for network equipment, storage arrays, and server infrastructure to ensure optimal performance and security.
Monitor system performance, capacity, and availability; troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues in large-scale, multi-platform environments supporting global production operations.
Provide hands-on technical support at production facilities, post-production sites, and remote work environments; respond promptly to alerts and incidents.
Execute storage provisioning, data migration, and capacity management tasks while developing scripts and automation tools for routine administrative operations.
Collaborate with production teams, engineering groups, and vendors to understand requirements and implement solutions.
Document system configurations, operational procedures, and troubleshooting guides for Network, Systems and Storage infrastructure.

A day in the life
As a Systems Engineer on our Media Systems Engineering team, you'll design and implement Network, Systems and Storage solutions supporting Studios production workflows across global facilities. You'll tackle complex technical challenges in hybrid cloud environments, working alongside talented engineers and production teams to ensure seamless infrastructure scalability. Whether troubleshooting critical production issues, automating workflows, or architecting next-generation infrastructure, your work will have immediate impact. This role blends hands-on technical expertise with strategic innovation, supported by a collaborative team that values creativity and continuous improvement. If you're energized by entertainment technology and cloud innovation, this is your opportunity.

About the team
The Media Systems Engineering team designs and delivers production and post-production environments, technology solutions, and hybrid infrastructure that automate, streamline, and optimize audio and video workflows throughout the content creation lifecycle at Amazon MGM Studios and Prime Video.

Prime Video is a first-stop entertainment destination offering customers a vast collection of premium programming in one app available across thousands of devices. Prime members can customize their viewing experience and find their favorite movies, series, documentaries, and live sports – including Amazon MGM Studios-produced series and movies; licensed fan favorites; and programming from Prime Video add-on subscriptions such as Apple TV+, Max, Crunchyroll and MGM+. All customers, regardless of whether they have a Prime membership or not, can rent or buy titles via the Prime Video Store, and can enjoy even more content for free with ads.

Are you interested in shaping the future of entertainment? Prime Video's technology teams are creating best-in-class digital video experience.

As a Prime Video technologist, you’ll have end-to-end ownership of the product, user experience, design, and technology required to deliver state-of-the-art experiences for our customers. You’ll get to work on projects that are fast-paced, challenging, and varied. You’ll also be able to experiment with new possibilities, take risks, and collaborate with remarkable people.

We’ll look for you to bring your diverse perspectives, ideas, and skill-sets to make Prime Video even better for our customers. With global opportunities for talented technologists, you can decide where a career Prime Video Tech takes you!

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience in network fundamentals (DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, routing, switching, HTTP)
- Knowledge of one or more of the following domains: access-control system and methodology, network security, application- and system-development security, security architecture and models, cryptography, and operations security
- Knowledge of and experience with cloud infrastructure technologies
- Experience in systems administration (Linux/Windows)
- Experience troubleshooting and debugging technical systems, or experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities and experience in managing and troublshooting network
- 5+ years of relevant hands-on systems engineering and administrative work in networking, storage systems, operating systems experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience in managing or implementing system health, performance monitoring, capacity planning, or process improvement and automation
- Experience with infrastructure as code, ops automation, and configuration management tools such as Chef, Puppet, or Ansible
- Experience with programming/scripting (Batch, VB, PowerShell, Java, C#, Chef, Perl, Ruby and/or PHP), or experience with automation and any version control tools and experience in networking administration and troubleshooting
- Experience with virtualization (Hypervisors, VMware, Xen), or experience in Kubernetes, Docker or containers ecosystem
- Experience with Active Directory, or experience in deploying identity and access management systems
- Experience supporting media and entertainment workflows, including high-throughput network design for media production and post-production environments.

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

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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