Job Description

DESCRIPTION

Would you like to help U.S. Intelligence Community agencies implement innovative cloud computing solutions and solve technical problems? Would you like to do this using the latest cloud computing technologies?

AWS built a specialized group of service teams responsible for the work we are doing with the U.S. Intelligence Community. Engineers on these teams implement innovative cloud computing solutions and solve technical problems.
Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) is storage for the Internet. Through the use of pioneering techniques in distributed computing, developers are able to durably store their data on Amazons proven computing infrastructure to achieve virtually limitless storage capacity at minimal cost. Amazon S3 provides a simple web services interface that can be used to store and retrieve any amount of data, at any time, from anywhere on the web. It gives any developer access to the same highly scalable, reliable, secure, fast, inexpensive infrastructure that Amazon uses to run its own global network of web sites. The service aims to maximize benefits of scale and to pass those benefits on to developers.

You will be working with the S3 Engineering team responsible for maintaining and improving our government customers cloud storage solutions by reacting to operational incidents while also delivering new and exciting S3 features.

Were looking for technology leaders for the largest storage service on the internet. This position is perfect for you if youre interested in creating tools and automation so that engineers can be as hands-off as possible. We want our service to be as autonomous as possible and that can only be done by having bright individuals who understand how to think big, simplify solutions to complex, never before seen problems; all while ensuring that the customer continues to have the best experience possible.

You should have a good understanding of Linux, networking and general knowledge of cloud services. As always, at Amazon you should have a drive to create the best customer experience possible, with the customers being both AWS customers and the other engineers at AWS who will benefit from your collaborative work to sustain and improve operations of the service.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field, or relevant work experience.
1+ years experience in deploying, managing, automating, and optimizing Linux systems
Position Location: Seattle, WA, Denver, CO or Herndon, VA
This position requires that the candidate selected be a U.S. citizen and obtain and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in a highly innovative and fast paced environment
Have worked on highly concurrent, high throughput systems with knowledge of distributed systems
Experience with mission critical, 24x7 systems
Understanding of Linux fundamentals
Experience operating parallel, distributed systems at scale
Excellent understanding of networking protocols

Want to learn more?
You can reach out to Josh Sacks (sacksjo@amazon.com)

) with any questions.

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