The Imperium Network Traffic and Security (INTAS) team under Operations Technology Infrastructure Engineering (OTIE) organization is looking for an experienced Software Development Engineer to join team in Austin. The INTAS team provides network security solutions to Amazon fulfillment centers (FCs) using Access Control Lists (ACLs) and VLANs deployed on networking devices. ACLs act as a gatekeeper allowing or blocking network traffic flow in and out of FCs based on predefined rules. Changes in the underlying infrastructure necessitate updates in deployed ACLs to ensure seamless operation of FC solutions. To maintain the right security posture while enabling FC solutions to get network connectivity within defined Service Level Agreements (SLA) the INTAS team focuses on two aspects: 1) ACL Freshness: the frequency with which ACLs are deployed to network devices 2) ACL effectiveness: determines if the ACLs defined by the FC solutions using OTIE tools are used effectively and are not adding unnecessary complexity to the OTIE network.
Key job responsibilities
In this role:
- The Software Development Engineer (SDE) in the INTAS team plays a crucial role in ensuring the smooth and secure operation of Amazons FC solutions.
- The SDE in the INTAS identifies business problems gathers data proposes solutions and leads implementation.
- The SDE leads the development and maintenance of systems responsible for generating and deploying ACLs and VLAN information to network devices. These systems must ensure high availability scalability and performance to meet stringent SLAs for ACL freshness and effectiveness.
- The SysDE collaborates closely with cross-functional teams to align on requirements security guidelines and best practices for ACL management and network security. They proactively identify and address technical debt architectural limitations and performance bottlenecks proposing and implementing refactoring and optimization strategies to improve the systems efficiency and maintainability.
- The SDE ensures robust monitoring alerting and troubleshooting mechanisms are in place for the ACL management systems.
- The SDE gives careful consideration of availability operations maintenance and cost. They exercise high judgement skepticism and scrutiny of requests to ensure that changes do not lead to unsupportable systems non-compliance security vulnerabilities or detrimental impact.
- The SDE designs the complete solution stack and delivers through others.
A day in the life
Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location the number of regularly scheduled hours you work length of employment and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment.
The benefits that generally apply to regular full-time employees include:
Medical Dental and Vision Coverage
Maternity and Parental Leave Options
Paid Time Off (PTO)
401(k) Plan
If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly wed still love to hear from you!
At Amazon we value people with unique backgrounds experiences and skillsets. If youre passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale please apply!
- 3 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 2 years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience programming with at least one software programming language
- 3 years of full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience
- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity sign-on 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.