Description
Passionate about building, owning and operating massively scalable systems? Experienced in building and leading teams of highly competent systems development engineers? Want to make a billion-dollar impact? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you.
We are looking for a Systems Development Engineer to join our team supporting our Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platform (Biblios) as well as aid in the development of new tooling and automation efforts across our organization.
Developers at Amazon work on real world problems on a global scale, own their systems end-to-end, and influence the direction of our technology that impacts hundreds of millions customers around the world. Join a team of customer obsessed developers that think big and have fun.
This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen and must currently possess an active Secret security clearance. The position further requires that, after start, the selected candidate obtain and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph and satisfy other security related requirements.
Key job responsibilities
The ideal candidate should be able to:
Design, build, and implement data ingestion, enrichment, and correlation components with AWS Services that can achieve Amazon scale.
Quickly adopt and learn new software platforms and CI/CD tool chains. We don't expect you'll have experience working with our specific AWS tool chains, so we'll provide you training to get you up to speed.
Operate within the team of peer Systems Development engineers with little direct oversight to solve complex engineer scaling issues..
Provide guidance on system architecture and recommend solutions in alignment with systems engineering best practices.
Calmly and quickly diagnose and fix critical system failures in high pressure situations to reduce Mean Time to Failure (MTTR)
Leverage DevOps techniques to Engineer Operational Improvements in systems and tools that reduce operational efforts to Keep the Lights On. We are huge advocates for using public AWS services to build our platform, including CloudFormation, CodeDeploy, and Lambda.
A day in the life
We're an agile, independent team working to meet the demanding needs for our AWS Security engineers. We need developers who are capable of breaking down and solving complex big-data problems. Our team is tasked with protecting the AWS infrastructure that is used by our national security customers. You'll work side-by-side with our security engineers to build, extend, deploy, and maintain the security information and event management (SIEM) platform they use every day. We are a team of Systems Developers building internal security systems with AWS Services to find threats to our AWS Customers.
About the team
Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon's culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.
Work/Life Balance
Our team puts a high value on work-life balance. It isn't about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it's about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.
Mentorship & Career Growth
Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we're building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded professional and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's degree, or CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional)
5+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering experience
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 experience
Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby
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
Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (networking, storage, operating systems)
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
