Amazon ADCE Associate Region Reliability 

United States, Maryland, Columbia 

981400912

In this role, you are able to take a defined set of tasks and execute it on schedule. You identify ineffective processes. You are learning to execute on well defined technical implementations following a Standard Operating Process and learning from more experienced builders around you. You will build a general understanding of operational risks and learn how to avoid taking unnecessary risks. After gaining technical experience you may begin to identify operational concerns and resolve or escalate concerns in a timely manner.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 become an AWS Services platform diagnosis, response, measurement, and automation expert. You will support and simplify the operational scalability that sustains the platform's insane growth. You will measure your success and it will be visible.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.Key job responsibilities
This position is perfect for you if you:
- Regularly seek simple ways to approach complex issue or processes.You will have the opportunity to:
- Explore the inner workings of AWS and how its services communicate.
- Engage other AWS engineers world-wide to deploy, configure, and troubleshoot 150+ services.A day in the life
As an ADCE Associate, you will be learning how to play a crucial role in ensuring the smooth and efficient operation of our AWS infrastructure. Your primary responsibility will be to execute a defined set of operational tasks on a schedule, and learning how to identify any ineffective processes or technical implementations that may be hindering performance, availability, or maintainability. You will learn how to understand operational risks and avoid taking unnecessary risks. You will work with more senior engineers that identify operational concerns, and gain familiarity with how teams are responsible for resolving, mitigating, or escalating them in a timely manner.Supporting mission critical workloads involve being present in a Remote Managed Facility (RMF) 5 days a week to execute on your assigned tasks. Over time you will gain the ability to execute on narrow, well-defined workflow processes and become familiar with the application of available tooling. An ADCE Associate will learn to resolve most straightforward blockers by leveraging existing runbooks, and effectively communicate any issues that may arise to peers and leaders. On this team, you may also learn how to identify the root cause of issues and ways of how to provide feedback to workflow owners. You will grow into understanding strong operational and troubleshooting skills, as well as the ability to work independently on defined tasks and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
Utility Computing (UC)Work/Life Balance
Mentorship and Career Growth
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- Experience troubleshooting and debugging technical systems
- 1+ year/s work experience requiring a security clearance
- Current, active US Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI with Polygraph