ADC Engineer II, RAPP P3 Team

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.

The AWS Route 53 Availability & Perimeter Protection (RAPP) ADC team is seeking highly motivated engineers who are focused on operational excellence and troubleshooting complex system operations have a good understanding of Linux networking and general knowledge of cloud services. On the RAPP P3 team we focus on firewall recovery and fault testing services and need engineers who understand how to think big and simplify solutions to complex problems; all the while ensuring that our customers continue to have the best experience possible.

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.


This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen and must currently possess and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph.

Position located in Annapolis Junction MD 20701. Relocation assistance would be offered (pending qualification guidelines).

Key job responsibilities
This role focuses on Availability & Perimeter Protection services in isolated ADC regions. Responsibilities include maintaining pipelines to remain within parity with commercial regions providing 24/7 oncall support for our services providing insight into the airgapped operations to service owning teams and building our services out into new ADC regions.

A day in the life
Its always Day 1 at Amazon. On a typical day an ADC Engineer manages and monitors systems in airgapped regions. This would involve deep diving anomalies addressing scaling needs and using this data to ensure our services maintain a 100% uptime SLA! We do all this through existing tools and when required we build or update tools typically written in Python or Ruby. The most exciting part of this role is working to deploy and build the latest features and software releases for our airgapped customers.

About the team
The US ADC Route 53 Availability & Perimeter Protection Team is responsible for the deployment and support of numerous defensive and protective services as well as service that enable continued customer operations during infrastructure outages to air gapped AWS cloud customers where security and uptime is the highest priority.

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Associates degree or above or Cloud or GICSP (Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional) or GSEC (GIAC Security Essentials) or SSCP (Systems Security Certified Practitioner)
Current active US Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI with Polygraph

Familiarity with Linux system administration and networking fundamentals. Familiarity with AWS cloud services.

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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.