System Development Engineer, ADC2S, Harpers Ferry

Amazon; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) AIS is building automated platforms to streamline deployments in air-gapped environments. You will own EC2 control-plane services end-to-end, enhance monitoring, and automate operational tasks with cutting-edge tools.

Join a dedicated team that collaborates across AWS service groups, embraces AI-enabled automation, and helps scale infrastructure while maintaining security and reliability. TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required or sponsorship provided on start.

Qualifications

• Experience designing, building, and operating large-scale cloud services.
• Ability to work across teams to deliver end-to-end infrastructure solutions.
• Strong monitoring, security, and reliability mindset.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate EC2 control-plane services, fleet health automation, and capacity tooling across air-gapped environments.
• Own features end to end, write design, implement, test, deploy through pipelines, and operate in production including on-call.
• Improve monitoring and deployment safety, drive fixes for operational gaps.
• Collaborate with partner teams across air-gapped partitions to deliver shared infrastructure.
• Participate in design and code reviews.
• Leverage AI tools to improve automation, code quality, and productivity.

Skills

EC2 control-plane

Automation tooling

Monitoring and alerting

On-call production support

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

Python scripting

CI/CD pipelines

Generative AI tools

Job description

The Amazon Dedicated Cloud Engineering team is dedicated to building automated platforms and solutions to streamline the AWS build and deployment process in dedicated regions. Our vision is to fully automate and enable zero-touch AWS deployments thereby reducing the time it takes to deploy new features and freeing engineers to focus on building new services and capabilities.

Deployment engineering is a complex process requiring close collaboration with AWS service teams. We are looking for passionate innovators who want to take the challenge. Your work has visibility to leadership across AWS organization and provides huge opportunity to learn new things while solving complex engineer problems, deliver results that make impact on revenue and resources, and grow professionally and personally.

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 super smart, customer obsessed developers that think big and have fun.

The candidate selected must obtain and maintain a security clearance at the TS/SCI with polygraph level. Upon start, the selected candidate will be sponsored for a commensurate clearance for each government agency for which they perform AWS workOn a "typical" day, our engineers may dive deep to find the root cause of a customer issue, investigate why a metric is trending in the wrong direction, or discuss radical new approaches to automate operational processes. As a member of our team you will join a dedicated group of engineers who provide automation and scripting support, and innovate to automate operational tasks.

Key job responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate EC2 control-plane services, fleet health automation, and capacity tooling across air-gapped cloud environments.
• Own features end to end, with guidance from senior engineers: write the design, implement and test the code, deploy it through pipelines to disconnected regions, and operate it in production, including on-call.
• Improve monitoring, alarming, and deployment safety for the services you own, and drive the fix when an operational issue reveals a gap.
• Work with partner teams and stakeholders across the air-gapped partitions to deliver shared infrastructure.
• Take part in design and code reviews.
• Use generative artificial intelligence tools and techniques to improve automation, code quality, and team productivity.

A day in the life

On a "typical" day, our engineers may dive deep to find the root cause of a customer issue, investigate why a metric is trending in the wrong direction, or discuss radical new approaches to automate operational processes. As a member of our team you will join a dedicated group of engineers who provide automation and scripting support, and innovate to automate operational tasks.

About the team

Why AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating - that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

AWS Infrastructure Services (AIS)

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we're the people who keep the cloud running. 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, and we're looking for talented people who want to help.

Inclusive Team Culture

Here at AWS, it's in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve in the cloud.

Mentorship and Career Growth

We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Diverse Experiences

Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.