Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a comprehensive cloud platform serving government agencies and commercial organizations. The Systems Development Engineer will build and support billing systems in air-gapped cloud environments, develop operational tooling, troubleshoot distributed systems, and improve the scalability, availability, and automation of AWS Commerce Platform services for U.S. government customers.
Responsibilities
- Amazon has a fast-paced environment where we “Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History.” On a “typical” day engineers might deep dive to root cause a customer issue, investigate why a metric is trending the wrong way, consult with the top engineers at Amazon, or discuss radical new approaches to automate the remediation of operational issues
- You'll be part of a world-class team in a fast-paced environment that has the entrepreneurial feel of a start-up. This is an opportunity to operate and engineer systems on a massive scale and to gain top-notch experience in cloud computing. You'll be surrounded by people who are smart, passionate about cloud computing and our unique customer space, and believe that world class service is critical to customer success. You'll hone your skills in distributed systems troubleshooting, response, measurement, and automation. You will design and build the operational scalability that sustains the platform's rapid growth. You will be able to measure your success by its visible impact on the efficiency and effectiveness of government services for our nation
Skills
- Experience (non-internship) in professional software development
- Experience with Linux/Unix
- 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, Ruby
- Experience tools for automation (building, testing, releasing or monitoring)
- Current, active US Government Security Clearance of Top Secret with SCI eligibility or above
- Knowledge of and proficiency in the use of Python scripting language
- Experience on highly concurrent, high throughput systems and knowledge of complex distributed systems
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
- Flexibility as part of our working culture
- Employee-led affinity groups
- Ongoing events and learning experiences
- Knowledge-sharing
- Mentorship
- Career-advancing resources
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