Systems Development Engineer, ADC2S

Would you like to help implement innovative cloud computing solutions and solve the world's most complex technical problems?

Do you have a deep passion and desire to engineer and operate the world's largest cloud computing infrastructure to provide a better world for future generations?

Amazon Web Services is seeking a top industry technical expert to grow our team dedicated to expanding our Compute services to government customers.

We are seeking a talented engineer skilled in the art of integration who understands the Agile mindset and DevOps philosophies, yet is not constrained by how things are usually done" and is willing to decompose and reinvent systems, processes, and tools.

We're looking for a technical expert for one of the largest compute services on the planet; if you possess that rare mix of depth in Development, Operations, Networking, and Systems Engineering then we are waiting for your application.

This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen and must currently possess an active Top Secret security clearance.

The position further requires that, after start, the selected candidate obtain and maintain an active TS / SCI security clearance with polygraph and satisfy other security related requirements.

Key job responsibilities

You'll be part of a world-class team in a fast-paced environment that has the entrepreneurial feel of a start-up. This is an opportunity to operate and engineer systems on a massive scale, and to gain top-notch experience in cloud computing.

You'll be surrounded by people who are smart, passionate about cloud computing, and believe that world class service is critical to customer success.

You will design and build the operational scalability that sustains the platform's insane growth. You will be able to measure your success by its visible impact on the efficiency and effectiveness of government services for our nation.

A day in the life

Amazon has a fast-paced environment where we Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History. On a typical day engineers might deep dive to root cause a customer issue, investigate why a metric is trending the wrong way, consult with the top engineers at Amazon, or discuss radical new approaches to automate operational issues.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree, or CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional)
• 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 1+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• 4+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering experience
• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby
• Current, active US Government Security Clearance of TS / SCI with Polygraph

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in automating, deploying, and supporting large-scale infrastructure
• Experience working in an Agile environment using the Scrum methodology
30+ days ago