Amazon Dedicated Cloud Engineer Pyxis

Would you like to implement innovative cloud computing solutions and solve the worlds most complex technical problems Do you have a deep passion and desire to engineer and operate the worlds largest cloud computing infrastructure to build a better world for future generations

This is an exciting opportunity to use the latest cloud computing technologies to help U.S. Government agencies implement innovative cloud computing solutions and solve technical problems.

AWS established a specialized group of service teams responsible for the work we are doing with the U.S. Intelligence Community. We are building some of the largest and most complex distributed systems in the world and we need adaptable people to help us implement and operate them.

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.

A day in the life
Every day is Day 1 at Amazon. On a typical day our Amazon Dedicated Cloud Engineers (ADCE) will support AWS Builder Tools services engineering and operations by completing activities including but not limited to:
Manage and monitoring systems health and status
Provisioning devices assisting with data ingestion and device cleaning
Troubleshooting device network and/or configuration related issues
Identifying documenting and communicating engineering and operations recommendations to team members
Writing and disseminating after action reports capturing key events actions taken and future mitigation plans
Providing oncall support when necessary

About the team
Here at AWS we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employeeled affinity groups reaching 40000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings and we host annual and ongoing learning experiences including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazons culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 14 Leadership Principles which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives learn and be curious and earn trust.

Associates degree or equivalent experience
1 years of experience operating in a Unix Linux or Red Hat environment.
1 years of experience with standard Internet protocols and networking fundamentals (Ethernet ARP TCP/IP ICMP UDP TCP SSL DNS HTTP etc.
1 years of experience of proven ability to troubleshoot and identify the root cause of issues.
Current active US Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI with Polygraph

2 years experience with cloud computing technologies.
2 years of experience with support procedures and methodologies for production computing environments.
1 years of experience with performance and log analysis.
1 years of experience automating routine tasks.

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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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.