Are you experienced in managing Windows and Linux environments with a passion for building and maintaining highly-available systems and services at massive scale?
The Controls Fleet team is responsible for building and supporting some of Amazon's most important infrastructure services. As part of Amazon Web Services (AWS), we support the infrastructure that runs the world's premier e-commerce and cloud computing environments.
We are seeking a passionate and motivated engineer to participate on a team of Windows and Linux Systems Engineers. You must be very comfortable and confident working on multiple platforms to solve complex problems at scale. You must have very strong knowledge of operating systems and network fundamentals. You understand TCP / IP and other common network protocols. You are proficient with at least one high-level scripting language (PowerShell, Python, Ruby). You will be working in a hyper-growth environment where priorities shift quickly. You must be flexible and adapt well to a wide range of tasks and technologies.
Minimal Travel Required. Leveraging the strengths of individual team members as peers and delegating tasks appropriately within the group for long term projects will all be critical tasks for this role.
This position requires that the candidate selected must currently possess and maintain an active TS / SCI security clearance. The position further requires that, after start, the selected candidate obtain and maintain an active TS / SCI security clearance with polygraph or commensurate clearance for each government agency for which they perform AWS work.
Technical Infrastructure : Deploy, manage, and support large-scale Windows and Linux environments, including virtualization platforms and networking components
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.
You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. AWS values diverse experiences. 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.
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Associate's degree, or Cloud+ or GICSP (Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional) or GSEC (GIAC Security Essentials) or SSCP (Systems Security Certified Practitioner)
IT infrastructure and networking expertise
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