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You will collaborate closely with software engineers, site reliability engineers, front-end engineers, technical program managers and other roles across AWS to build highly available data services to retrieve, transform and publish telemetry data to help all Amazonians build, deploy and operate their services consistently across all AWS regions according to AWS operational excellence best practices. You will also improve existing services for performance, cost, reliability, recoverability and security.When you’re ready, you will have on-call responsibilities, typically for one week every two months. No one likes getting paged in the middle of the night or on the weekend, so we work hard to ensure that our systems are fault tolerant and resilient. When we do get paged, we work together to resolve the root cause of the issue so that we never get paged for the same issue twice.Key job responsibilities- Design and build innovative technologies in a large distributed computing environment and help lead fundamental changes in the industry.
- Create solutions to run process large amounts of data on distributed systems with exposure to innovative technologies at incredible scale and speed.
- Developing prototypes at the right level of fidelity for each phase of development, from startup through launch and beyond
- Distributed (multi-tiered) systems, algorithms, and big data stores
- Synthesize requirements underlying feature requests, recommend alternative technical and business approaches, and facilitate engineering effortsA day in the life
Why AWS
Utility Computing (UC)Work/Life Balance
Mentorship and Career Growth
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.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, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.About the team
The BlackMirror Obsidian Team is responsible for Metric Data Export, ensuring approved telemetry data is consistently and reliably emitted to allow internal AWS service teams to monitor their systems, while adhering to Accrediting Authority requirements.
- 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
- Bachelor's degree, or CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional)
- 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
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Current, active US Government Security Clearance of Secret or above
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