Amazon Sr Amazon Cloud Engineer AWS 

United States, Texas, San Antonio 

575145389

***By applying to this role, you are open to relocating to one of our core SCIF locations:Seattle, WA
Denver, CO
Arlington, VA
Herndon, VA
Columbia, MDIn this role, you will participate directly in the AWS technology ecosystem. You will be join a group of technology leaders that are committed to delight our customers. You will own the architecture for a new generation of custom security solutions. You will work with technology experts from across the company. If you are ready for an opportunity like this, we would love to hear from you.This position requires that the candidate selected must currently possess and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance. The position further requires that, after start, the selected candidate obtain and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph or commensurate clearance for each government agency for which they perform AWS work.Key job responsibilities- Monitor the health of the fleet, automating system health, maintenance tasks, and reporting systems as needed
- This position involves on-call responsibilities, typically for one week in every six to eight. We don’t 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 don’t get paged for the same issue twice.This is an opportunity to operate and engineer systems on a massive scale, and to gain top-notch experience in cloud computing. You'll be surrounded by people who are smart, passionate about cloud computing, and believe that world class service is critical to customer success. You will be able to measure your success by its visible impact on the efficiency and effectiveness of government services for our nation.Utility Computing (UC)Work/Life Balance
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- 5+ years of systems administration experience (Linux/Windows).
- Experience working with scripting languages.
- In lieu of above relevant work experience, degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.
- Current, active US Government Security Clearance of Top Secret or above

- Associate's degree, or Cloud+ or GICSP (Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional) or GSEC (GIAC Security Essentials) or SSCP (Systems Security Certified Practitioner)
- 5+ years experience with cloud computing technologies.
- 5+ years of networking experience.
- 5+ years of experience with support procedures and methodologies for production computing environments.