Amazon Amazon Dedicated Cloud Engineer IREO 

United States, Maryland, Columbia 

645327832

You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.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. The position further requires the candidate to opt into a commensurate clearance for each government agency for which they perform AWS work.Key job responsibilities- Maintain services once they are live by measuring and monitoring availability and overall health of the environment
- Scale systems sustainably through mechanisms, automation, and evolve systems by pushing for changes that improve reliability and velocity
- Periodically support a 24/7 on-call rotation
- Train and mentor junior engineers as a subject matter expert, and acting as an escalation point for higher complexity issues
- Field, disseminate, and execute operational projects to affect large scale change
- Perform process analysis and improve operational excellence by creating more efficient workflows and standards.A day in the lifeAmazon 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, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

- Current, active US Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI with Polygraph
- 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 of administrative experience with Linux or cloud platform environments
- Ability to read, understand and utilize existing scripts.

- Experience with AWS CLI and/or AWS Console
- Familiarity with AWS services such as EC2, EBS, S3, CloudWatch, CloudFormation, etc.
- Prefer database familiarity with MySQL and Dynamo DB, or similar engines.
- Prefer scripting experience with Python, Ruby, and/or Bash
- Experience with hardware troubleshooting and device familiarity
- Experience managing/administrating remote systems in virtualized enterprise environments.
- Basic certifications in applicable field eg. A+/Net+/Sec+/CCNA/LPIC/Linux+/AWS certs
- In-depth knowledge of, and experience with networking technologies.
- Exposure to software development support.