Amazon Amazon Dedicated Cloud Engineer 

United States, Virginia 

813595091

Work/Life Balance
Mentorship & Career Growth
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
You'll 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. 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'll become expert at EC2 platform diagnosis, response, measurement, and automation. You will design and build the operational scalability that sustains the platform's 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.A day in the life

- 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 systems administration experience (Linux/Windows or Networking)
- 3+ years experience with cloud computing technologies.
- Strong debugging and systems analysis skills to be able to identify and quickly resolve/mitigate issues
- 3+ years of troubleshooting skills at all levels, from application to network to host
- 2+ years of experience working with at least one scripting language
- Current, active US Government Security Clearance of Top Secret or above

- In lieu of above relevant work experience, a degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.