Systems Development Engineer, Controlled , WWPS Engineering, WWPS Engineerin

Job  | Amazon Web Services, Inc.

Do you believe cloud computing will be a disruptive force in government? Do you want to architect and develop new tools to help international governments implement the cloud‑enabled agencies/ministries of tomorrow? Do you enjoy mission‑driven development, building awesome software, and integrating across a wide variety of services?

Amazon Web Services is seeking a top industry technical expert to grow our team dedicated to expanding our Controlled Working Environment (CWE) team to build, operate, and maintain a Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) approved infrastructure. We are seeking Systems Development Engineers to build and support this working environment. You will help design architectural approaches and automate, enhance, and build new functionality for a complete separated end‑user work spaces environment.

This role is an excellent opportunity to join Amazon’s world‑class technical team, working with some of the best and brightest engineers and technical managers in the global community while also developing your skills and furthering your career within one of the most innovative and progressive technology companies anywhere.

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 operational issues.

Our Systems Development Engineers spend time:

• Investigating new ways to improve operations.
• Defining and developing new solutions to solve technically complex cloud issues for our customers.
• Investigating system variances about to affect customer applications before an actual outage occurs.
• Diving deep into new service announcements to determine unique ways to implement them to improve the effectiveness of the CWE.
• Managing user applications like JIRA, Confluence, Bit Bucket, Duo, etc.
• Studying and learning from industry recognized Amazon distinguished engineers.

Due to federal contracts, this position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen.

• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, Power Shell, Ruby.
• Systems and Network Administration, or System Reliability Engineering.
• Systems engineering, network, and/or application security.
• Web protocols, Linux/Unix tools, architecture, and experience building automated tools in Python, Java and/or Ruby.

• 3+ years of programming with at least one language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, Power Shell, Ruby.
• 4+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience.
• 4+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) new and existing systems.
• 6+ years of systems development in an IT or data center environment.
• 4+ years of deploying and operating in a Linux/Unix environment.
• 4+ years of systems design, software development, operations, automation, and process improvement.
• Experience leading the design, build and deployment of complex, performant (reliable and scalable) software solutions in production.

• 5+ years of development/programming/scripting language experience (Python/Java/Bash/Perl).
• Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development lifecycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and live‑site operations.
• Experience taking a leading role in building complex software or computing infrastructure that has been successfully delivered to customers.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

The base salary range for this position is USD  –  annually. Your Amazon package will include sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and optional Supplemental life plans), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.

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