Amazon Dedicated Cloud Engineer, Kumo Enigma
About the Role
As part of the AWS Applied AI Solutions organization, we have a vision to provide business applications, leveraging Amazon's unique experience and expertise, that are used by millions of companies worldwide to manage day-to-day operations. We will accomplish this by accelerating our customers' businesses through delivery of intuitive and differentiated technology solutions that solve enduring business challenges. We blend vision with curiosity and Amazon's real-world experience to build opinionated, turnkey solutions. Where customers prefer to buy over build, we become their trusted partner with solutions that are no-brainers to buy and easy to use.
Are you passionate about cloud computing and eager to start your engineering career journey? Do you have a foundation in systems engineering, network engineering, or programming - whether self-taught, through a skills program, or formal education? We're looking for curious minds ready to grow and make an impact in Amazon's cloud infrastructure.
At AWS, we're building the future of cloud computing, and we need detail-oriented engineers who can support our service operations while adhering to the highest standards of security and compliance. You'll have the opportunity to help AWS build the platform that will set the standard for cloud computing. You will have to make difficult prioritization decisions, iterate and innovate, and think through large-scale globally distributed systems problems. You will have to think about how to provide advanced functionality while maintaining a 100% availability guarantee. As a lead member of our growing team, you will be involved in all aspects of the software development lifecycle and interact with many other engineering teams across Amazon.
As an ADC Engineer, you'll be part of a team that ensures the reliability and security of our cloud infrastructure. Whether you're investigating operational issues, working on service builds, or supporting customer cases, you'll develop deep technical expertise while working in a structured environment that promotes learning and growth.
Responsibilities
- Support service operations while adhering to the highest standards of security and compliance
- Investigate operational issues, work on service builds, and support customer cases
- Identify problems before they happen and implement solutions that detect and prevent outages
- Accurately prioritize projects, make sound judgments, work to improve the customer experience, and get the right things done
- Think through large-scale globally distributed systems problems
- Think about how to provide advanced functionality while maintaining a 100% availability guarantee
Requirements
- Must currently possess and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance
- After start, must obtain and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph or commensurate clearance for each government agency for which they perform AWS work
- High school diploma or equivalent, or A+ or CND (Certified Network Defender) or Network+ or Security+
Preferred Qualifications
- 4+ years of highly scalable systems experience
- Experience in compute and storage server architecture and design for large scale applications
- Experience in managing or implementing system health, performance monitoring, capacity planning, or process improvement and automation
- Understanding of functional programming concepts
Skills
- Detail oriented
- Superior verbal and written communication skills
- Strong organizational skills
- Ability to juggle multiple tasks at once
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to maintain professionalism under pressure
Pay
USA, WA, Bellevue - 91,000.00 - 152,000.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 91,000.00 - 152,000.00 USD annually
Benefits
- Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription)
- Basic Life & AD&D insurance with option for Supplemental life plans
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Mental Health Support
- Medical Advice Line
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Sign-on payments
- Restricted stock units (RSUs)