Amazon Dedicated Cloud Engineer, IREO

Amazon - Columbia, MD

Full-time - Mid Level

Columbia, MD

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About the position

The Amazon Dedicated Cloud Engineer position within the IREO team focuses on supporting the Intelligence Community's mission by ensuring high availability, scalability, and security of cloud services. The role involves collaborating with software development teams, troubleshooting complex issues, and driving operational efficiency while maintaining a strong customer focus. Candidates must possess a TS/SCI security clearance and be willing to engage in continuous improvement and automation of processes.

Responsibilities

• Support software services before they go live in Amazon Dedicated Clouds through activities such as 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.
• Actively involved in hiring and building the AWS team.
• Effective communication with internal customers, coordinating between teams, developers, and escalation points.
• Periodically support a 24/7 on-call rotation.

Requirements

• High school or equivalent diploma, or A+ or CND (Certified Network Defender) or Network+ or Security+ certification.
• Current, active US Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI with Polygraph.
• 5+ years of administrative experience with Linux or cloud platform environments.

Nice-to-haves

• 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 Dynamo DB, or similar engines.
• Scripting experience with Python, Ruby, and/or Bash.
• Experience with hardware troubleshooting and device familiarity.

Benefits

• Flexible schedule to promote work-life balance.
• Diversity and inclusion initiatives including employee-led affinity groups and ongoing learning experiences.