System Development Engineer, Platform Engineering & Emerging Technology (PEET)

The Platform Engineering & Emerging Technology (PEET) Amazon Dedicated Cloud team is hiring for a System Development Engineer to support CloudTrail AWS Config and other AWS services! Youll design deploy monitor and automate infrastructure tools and systems to provide a highly-available and resilient platform for our customers and our teams workloads.

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 PEET team supports the operations of the CloudTrail AWS Config and other AWS Services in ADC regions and builds the services in new ADC regions and features. This specific role will also support our development team which creates solutions to solve ADC builder and customer pain points. We are seeking a talented engineer skilled in the art of integration who understands the Agile mindset and DevOps philosophies yet is not constrained by how things are usually done and is willing to decompose and reinvent systems processes and tools. Were looking for an experienced builder to solve problems for some of the largest compliance and governance services on the planet; if you possess that rare mix of depth in Operations Networking and Systems Engineering then we are waiting for your application.

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
Youll be part of a world-class team in a fast-paced environment that has the entrepreneurial feel of a start-up. This is an opportunity to operate and engineer systems on a massive scale and to gain top-notch 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. Youll become a master at diagnosis response measurement and automation. You will optimize design and build the operational scalability that sustains the platforms insane growth. You will be able to measure your success by its visible impact on the efficiency and effectiveness of government services for our nation.

- Design deploy monitor and automate infrastructure tools and systems to provide a highly-available and resilient platform for our customers and our teams workloads.
- This position involves on-call responsibilities typically for one week in every eight. We dont like getting paged in the middle of the night or on the weekend so we work to ensure that our systems are fault tolerant. When we do get paged we work together to resolve the root cause so that we dont get paged for the same issue twice.

A day in the life
Youll roughly spend 50% of your time operating production systems and 50% making long-term improvements to the reliability availability and performance of those software systems. An example week could look like: Monday morning you root caused why some deployments recently failed and in the afternoon you made fixes for those bugs. Tuesday you realized theres actually a common thread to those bug fixes yesterday and designed a solution to that class of problem seeking feedback from your team. On Wednesday you investigated a Service Level Objective (SLO) that recently became less than useful. You dove deep talked with the partner team and found out the thresholds no-longer makes sense so you updated their infrastructure as code (IaC) to fix it. Then on Thursday and Friday you continue the design and protoype for a new solution you pitched to automate dependency analysis and testing in region to accelerate build timelines.

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 employee-led 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 conferences inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Work/Life Balance
We value work-life 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 knowledge-sharing mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded 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 non-internship professional software development experience
- 1 years of designing or architecting (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- 3 years of administrative experience in networking storage systems operating systems and hands-on systems engineering experience
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java Python Golang PowerShell Ruby
- Current active US Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI with Polygraph

- Experience in automating deploying and supporting large-scale infrastructure
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $116300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $201200/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.