Do you enjoy helping U.S. Intelligence Community and Defense agencies implement innovative cloud computing solutions and solve unique technical problems Would you like to do this using the latest cloud computing technologies and become a core part of the largest cloud infrastructure on the planet AWS is seeking a ADC Engineer to own and advance mission critical services in our Amazon Dedicated Clouds (ADC).
On a typical day our engineers may dive deep to find the root cause of a customer issue investigate why a metric is trending in the wrong direction or discuss radical new approaches to automate operational processes. As a member of our team you will join a dedicated group of engineers who provide troubleshooting and operations support and innovate to automate operational tasks.
You will be able to take a defined project break down the work to help define milestones and feedback mechanisms. You identify when implementations are not highly available or have defects; you investigate systemic patterns. You resolve mitigate or escalate operational concerns in a timely manner
Amazon Web Service is building some of the largest distributed systems in the world. Amazons database offerings like Aurora DynamoDB ElastiCache EMR RDS and Redshift are massively scaled services that make up a critical piece of the internet today. This is an excellent opportunity to join Amazons world class Database and Analytics focused technical team in Seattle WA working with some of the best and brightest engineers and technical managers while also developing your skills and furthering your career within one of the most innovative and progressive technology companies anywhere.
Our company credo is Work hard. Have fun. Make history. You will love what you do and instinctively know how to make work fun.
A successful Engineer joining the team will do much more than write code and triage problems. You will work with Amazons largest and most demanding customers to address specific needs across a full suite of services. You will dive deep into technical issues and work diligently to improve the customer experience. By working together on behalf of our customers we are building the future one innovative product service and idea at a time.
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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A day in the life
The ADC DBS Relational team supports all RDS products and platforms in the ADC regions. Amazon RDS provides six familiar database engines to choose from: Amazon Aurora Oracle Microsoft SQL Server PostgreSQL MySQL and MariaDB.
About the team
Why AWS
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Associates degree or Cloud or GICSP (Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional) or GSEC (GIAC Security Essentials) or SSCP (Systems Security Certified Practitioner)
4 years Linux experience
4 years of experience with scripting in bash python perl php shell or similar languages
Current active US Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI with Polygraph
Experience developing in a modern programming language such as C Java C# Python or Ruby
Experience operating large scale systems
Solid grasp of networking fundamentals
Experience in a 24/7 production environment
Knowledge of databases like MySQL Oracle SQLServer or MongoDB
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $105200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $188200/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity signon payments and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits. For more information please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.