Network & Systems Engineer, Media Systems Engineering

Network & Systems Engineer, Media Systems Engineering at Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios

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 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.

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 troubleshooting 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.

Key skills/competency

• Network Engineering
• Systems Administration
• Storage Solutions
• Cloud Infrastructure
• Troubleshooting
• Automation Scripting
• Media Workflows
• Hybrid Cloud
• Performance Monitoring
• Security Fundamentals