Amazon Dedicated Cloud Engineer, Infrastructure Engineering Reliability and Operations (IREO)

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure 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.

As an Amazon Dedicated Cloud Engineer in the Infrastructure Reliability Engineering Organization (IREO) team, you will:

• Support software services before they go live in Amazon Dedicated Clouds through testing, integration, and establishing key infrastructure
• Maintain software services once they are live by measuring and monitoring availability and overall health of the environment
• Scale systems sustainably through mechanisms, automation, and evolve systems by pushing for changes that improve reliability and velocity
• Be actively involved in hiring and building the AWS team
• Communicate effectively with internal customers, coordinating between teams, developers, and escalation points
• Periodically support a 24/7 on-call rotation

Key skills and qualifications:

• Strong Linux/Unix Systems Administration knowledge
• Ability to read, understand, and execute shell scripts
• Experience with AWS CLI and/or AWS Console
• Familiarity with AWS services such as EC2, EBS, S3, CloudWatch, CloudFormation, etc.
• Database familiarity with MySQL and DynamoDB, or similar engines
• Scripting experience with Python, Ruby, and/or Bash
• Experience with hardware troubleshooting and device familiarity
• Experience managing/administrating remote systems in virtualized enterprise environments
• Basic certifications in applicable fields (e.g., A+/Net+/Sec+/CCNA/LPIC/Linux+/AWS certs)
• In-depth knowledge of networking technologies and exposure to software development support

This position requires:

• US Citizenship
• Active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph
• Willingness to opt into a commensurate clearance for each government agency for which they perform AWS work

Join our diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, and operations managers. Experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.