Systems Development Engineer AWS Cross Domain Services

The AWS Cross Domain Services team is seeking a Systems Development Engineer who is passionate about operational excellence. This engineer will help to operate and scale the services that connect AWS regions of differing security requirements.

An Amazon Dedicated Cloud (ADC) is a collection of AWS regions provided for a customer with specific security requirements. The AWS Cross Domain Services team provides solutions for customers to move data between regions with differing security requirements. We are obsessed with earning and maintaining customer trust. AWS is building some of the largest and most complex distributed systems in the world and the AWS Cross Domain Services team is essential to AWSs dedicated cloud expansion. We need talented adaptable engineers to help us implement and operate these complex systems.

As a Systems Development Engineer on the AWS Cross Domain Services team you will:
Have the opportunity to leverage the latest cloud computing technologies.
Improve the availability of cross domain services to better serve U.S. Government agencies.
Use your strong background in Linux networking and cloud services to raise our already high operational excellence bar.
Operate automate and troubleshoot complex systems in partnership with software developer peers.
Be given opportunities to grow your automation skills and gain a deeper understanding of cloud computing design patterns.

Youll be part of a worldclass team in a fastpaced environment that has the entrepreneurial feel of a startup. This is an opportunity to operate and engineer systems on a massive scale and to gain topnotch experience in cloud computing. Youll be surrounded by people who are smart passionate about cloud computing and believe that world class service is critical to customer success. You will be able to measure your success by its visible impact on the efficiency and effectiveness of government services for our nation.

This position requires that the candidate selected must currently possess and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph. The position further requires the candidate to opt into a commensurate clearance for each government agency for which they perform AWS work.

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Key job responsibilities
It is day one for Amazons Dedicated Cloud offerings. We are seeking a talented and motivated Systems Development Engineer eager to: shape the development of infrastructure foundational services write tools and services to improve automation for deployment and releases build and maintain test fleets perform functional and regression testing on software define and perform stress testing and monitor production software. We are looking for someone who can build on existing services and architectures and is excited to create new automated solutions.

We are not constrained by how things are usually done. You will be encouraged to dive deep into issues and then reinvent systems processes and tools as needed to drive continuous improvement for our customers.

A day in the life
Amazon has a fastpaced 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.

Were an agile innovative team that is dedicated to supporting our new team members. Our team has a broad mix of experience levels and Amazon tenures and were building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship.

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About the team
Why AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the worlds most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating thats why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Utility Computing (UC)
AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations from foundational services such as Amazons Simple Storage Service (S3 and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2 to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWSs services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization youll support the development and management of Compute Database Storage Internet of Things (Iot) Platform and Productivity Apps services in AWS including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.

Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS its in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employeeled affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Work/Life Balance
We value worklife harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home theres nothing we cant achieve in the cloud.

Mentorship and Career Growth
Were continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earths Best Employer. Thats why youll find endless knowledgesharing mentorship and other careeradvancing resources here to help you develop into a betterrounded professional.

Diverse Experiences
Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting hasnt followed a traditional path or includes alternative experiences dont let it stop you from applying.

2 years of designing or architecting (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
3 years professional software development experience or one of the following related disciplines: Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Systems Engineering Systems Administration DevOps Security Administration or Network Administration
3 years programming or scripting language experience (Java Python Go Ruby) in Linux or similar UNIX distribution with a good working knowledge of TCP/IP networking architecture and core technologies such as Load Balancing DNS DHCP HTTP and Routing
Current active US Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI with Polygraph

Experience utilizing AWS cloud solutions in a DevOps environment
Experience with security best practices in tool development and access controls
Experience managing servers in largescale geographically diverse environments
Excellent troubleshooting skills

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race national origin gender gender identity sexual orientation protected veteran status disability age or other legally protected status.

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