AWS Engineer

Egreenservices; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 187,000; Full time

Job summary

Chevron in Arlington, VA is seeking an AWS Engineer to join a small, opinionated engineering team focused on delivering reliable systems and rapid Helm-based experimentation.

The ideal candidate has 6+ years of hands-on estimation, a Bachelor's degree or equivalent, and senior judgment to navigate scope changes while shipping features end-to-end with product and design teams. Arlington-based role with competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• 6+ years standing behind your own estimates
• Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Senior-caliber judgment about when to elevate and when to absorb
• Strong multitasking ability without sacrificing quality
• Comfort owning the unglamorous middle of an internship project
• The grit to debug at 4pm on a Friday without complaint
• Demonstrated calm when an Arlington, VA client changes scope mid-stream

Responsibilities

• Backfill Elasticsearch test coverage on the riskiest corners of Chevron's codebase
• Tune Grafana caching so Chevron survives the Arlington launch spike on the same hardware
• Ship Helm experiments fast, kill the losers, and double down on what sticks
• Chase down the PostgreSQL integration that silently drops Chevron events at midnight
• Translate the forever-learning Amazon EKS outage into fixes that make the next Arlington launch dull
• Collaborate with product and design teams to ship features end to end
• Review pull requests and uphold engineering standards across the technology team

Skills

6+ years experience

Senior judgment

Multitasking

Calm under pressure

Client management

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

AWS

Helm

Grafana

PostgreSQL

Amazon EKS

Job description

Chevron keeps a small, opinionated engineering team in Arlington, and the next opinion we need belongs to an AWS Engineer. At Chevron the $129,000 - $187,000 matters, sure, but so does owning the technology outcome with 6 years of Helm behind it.

Key Responsibilities

• Backfill Elasticsearch test coverage on the riskiest corners of Chevron's codebase
• Tune Grafana caching so Chevron survives the Arlington launch spike on the same hardware
• Ship Helm experiments fast, kill the losers, and double down on what sticks
• Chase down the PostgreSQL integration that silently drops Chevron events at midnight
• Translate the forever-learning Amazon EKS outage into fixes that make the next Arlington launch dull
• Collaborate with product and design teams to ship features end to end
• Review pull requests and uphold engineering standards across the technology team

What You'll Bring

• At least 6 years of standing behind your own estimates
• Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Senior-caliber judgment about when to elevate and when to absorb
• Strong multitasking ability without sacrificing quality
• Comfort owning the unglamorous middle of an internship project
• The grit to debug at 4pm on a Friday without complaint
• Demonstrated calm when an Arlington, VA client changes scope mid-stream

We are a people-centered technology company, and Chevron calls Arlington, VA home. We build an environment where safety-first ideas get tested quickly and credit is shared fairly.

The whole offer in one line: $129,000 - $187,000, mentorship, benefits, and flexible internship hours that respect the life you have in VA.

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