Senior Amazon Dedicated Cloud Engineer, S3 and Glacier ADC Engineering
Amazon
- USA
- Permanent
- Full-time
A Senior ADC Engineer is able to solve complex problems, mitigating risks, removing blockers, and designing appropriately simple solutions that address constraints. They use their clear judgement to create sustainable long term solutions to address systemic operational, scaling, or resiliency risks across teams. Their knowledge of technical domains has depth and breadth across hardware, software, networking, Linux, security, cloud implementations, operating at scale, etc. Successful engineers in this role proactively drive preventative measures before it causes impact. When existing processes can be optimized, they adopt, create, or refine automation. They are effective at working across teams to build consensus to resolve challenges, while articulating tradeoffs and risks for proposed solutions. They are expected to mentor, document, train junior, and develop engineers inside and outside of the team.We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:Herndon, VA, USABASIC QUALIFICATIONS - Current, active US Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI with Polygraph
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent work experience.
- 6+ years of operating systems at scale.
- 6+ years of experience in systems engineering, software implementation, process improvement, and operational excellence.
- Advanced knowledge of Linux system administration.PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - Masters degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent work experience.
- 5+ years experience operating software in highly available cloud architectures.
- 8+ years experience using metrics and data to create, improve, streamline, or eliminate processes for teams and software.
- Able to create functional scripts to solve operational problems.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences.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.