Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.

Technology

DedicatedCloudEngineer

$91–152k Seattle, Washington, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Mid+ candidates.

The Brief

“Dedicated Cloud Engineer at Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.. Skills: Cloud security, Systems engineering, Automation. Support cloud security services. Manage operational load”

What You'll Achieve.

Drive availability metrics up; Drive latency metrics down; Reduce operational efforts

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Diagnosing and resolving the hardest corner case operations problems; Troubleshoot unknown-unknown problems; Isolate the cause(s); Drive them to resolution

Eligibility Requirements

TS/SCI with polygraph clearance, Opt into commensurate clearance

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelor's degree in Information Science, Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, 1+ years of systems administration (Linux/Windows) experience, Experience working with scripting languages like Python, Java, Perl, PHP, Ruby, Bash, Shell, or equivalent, Current, active US Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI with Polygraph

Nice to Have

1+ years of cloud computing technologies experience, 1+ years of networking and troubleshooting experience, 1+ years of support procedures and methodologies for production computing environments experience, Experience automating routine tasks

What You'll Do.

Support cloud security services

Manage operational load

Scale distributed system

Automate away problems

Improve quality of service

Operate complex systems

Diagnose and resolve corner case problems

Engineer services to scale

Deploy security information and event management (SIEM) platform

Maintain SIEM platform

Implement mechanisms to drive availability metrics up

Implement mechanisms to drive latency metrics down

Invent new operational tools

Simplify new operational tools

Improve velocity of Security Operations service customers

Scale security systems

Change the way the business operates

Operate within team of peer engineers

Solve complex systems engineering problems

Provide guidance on system architecture

Calmly and quickly diagnose and fix critical system

Reduce Mean Time to Resolve (MTTR)

Engineer Operational Improvements

Reduce operational efforts

Troubleshoot unknown-unknown problems into known-known root causes

Drive problems to resolution

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Work side-by-side with security engineers; Work side-by-side with service development teams; Operate within team of peer engineers

Full Job Description

The AWS Region Services team is hiring a cleared Dedicated Cloud Engineer to support cloud security services for the U.S. Intelligence Community. Our team is tasked with protecting the AWS infrastructure that is used by our National Security customers. Join our mission to help lead, deploy, and support the security systems that raise the security bar for the U.S. Government! The Faraday team supports customer-facing security services in Amazon Dedicated Cloud (ADC) regions, including GuardDuty, Security Hub, and Inspector. As a Cloud Engineer on our team, you will be instrumental in managing the operational load to scale a massive & always-on distributed system, proactively automating away problems in order to improve the quality of service for our security operations customers. If you thrive in operating complex systems, diagnosing and resolving the hardest corner case operations problems, please apply! Our systems engineers don't just solve problems - we look to engineer services to scale with lots of automation, decreasing effort along the way. We know that the really interesting problems are hiding inside this automation challenge. You'll work side-by-side with our security engineers and service development teams to deploy and maintain the security information and event management (SIEM) platform they use every day. We have a lot of log data to process and we need your help! You'll implement mechanisms to drive our availability metrics up and our latency metrics down. We're need you to "think big" and ensure that we're set up to scale for the future. We need you to Invent and Simplify new operational tools to improve the velocity of our Security Operations service customers. We're not looking for hands or button pressers -- we're looking for motivated individuals who want to scale security systems and change the way the business operates as a result. You need to be open to new challenges and willing to learn new technologies. In addition to using internal Amazon

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