Summary
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Systems Development Engineer I to own and advance mission-critical services in our Amazon Dedicated Clouds (ADC). The role involves designing, implementing, and supporting resilient systems for government customers, while contributing to operational excellence and continuous improvement.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the design and delivery of technology solutions that improve resilience, performance, and operational efficiency of our systems
- Work on well-defined components, applications, and technology solutions with guidance from senior engineers, while growing toward greater autonomy
- Identify and escalate ambiguous problems and architectural deficiencies, contributing to solutions under the direction of more experienced team members
- Participate in design, scoping, and prioritization discussions, learning to make technical trade-offs and understand costs of proposed solutions
- Participate in reviews of architecture, design, operations, and post-incident analysis for your team
- Troubleshoot problems by researching root causes and thoroughly resolving defects, seeking help when needed
- Participate in an on-call rotation to support mission-critical services
Skills
- Bachelor's degree, or CND (Certified Network Defender) or GSEC (GIAC Security Essentials)
- Experience with Linux/Unix
- 1+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering experience
- 1+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 1+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Current, active US Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI with Polygraph
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes
Qualifications
Must Haves
- Bachelor's degree, or CND (Certified Network Defender) or GSEC (GIAC Security Essentials)
- Experience with Linux/Unix
- 1+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering experience
- 1+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 1+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Current, active US Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI with Polygraph
Nice to Haves
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes
Benefits
- Sign-on payments
- Restricted stock units (RSUs)
- Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
- Parental leave