Systems Development Engineer, Cryptography and Identity Management
We are looking for a Systems Development Engineer to join our systems organization. You thrive on collaborating with internal and external customers to execute projects and resolve issues. A believer in the dev-ops model of service engineering, you are excited to run operations in an environment where developers don’t toss problems over the wall. You enjoy working with empowered, world-class engineers to meet world-class challenges and have a strong ownership bias with an infectious desire to continually improve how things are done.
About the role
AWS Cryptography and Identity are building and delivering the next generation of cloud computing security. We are innovating new ways of building massively scalable distributed security systems involving identity management, federation, web services security, and more. We enable our customers to control some of the most sensitive secrets on the Internet.
In this role, you will join a team of highly talented engineers operating Cryptography and Identity systems. You will do much more than write code and triage problems—you will work with Amazon's largest and most demanding customers to address specific needs across a full suite of services. You will dive deep into technical issues and work diligently to improve the customer experience. This is an opportunity to join Amazon's world-class technical team in Seattle, working with some of the best and brightest engineers while developing your skills and furthering your career.
This position requires an active TS/SCI security clearance. After starting, the selected candidate 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.
About the team
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS) owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure, ensuring our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain, and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.
Responsibilities
- Work with internal and external customers to execute projects and resolve issues
- Operate in a dev-ops model, collaborating with developers to solve problems
- Address the needs of Amazon's largest and most demanding customers across a full suite of services
- Dive deep into technical issues and improve the customer experience
- Continually improve systems and processes with a strong ownership bias
Requirements
- Associate's degree or above, or CND (Certified Network Defender) or GSEC (GIAC Security Essentials)
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, or Ruby
- 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 1+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and existing systems
- Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (networking, storage, operating systems)
- Current, active US Government Security Clearance of Top Secret or above
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with PowerShell (preferred), Python, Ruby, or Java
- Experience working in an Agile environment using the Scrum methodology
- 7+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems, and hands-on systems engineering
Pay
USA, WA, Seattle - $99,100.00 - $160,000.00 USD annually
Benefits
- Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D, and optional supplemental life plans)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and 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 and restricted stock units (RSUs)
Learn more about our benefits at amazon.jobs/en/benefits.