Operations Associate

Amazon Web Services is Amazon’s dynamic and rapidly growing Cloud business that has enabled organizations the ability to innovate and operate more cost-effectively at faster rates than ever before. We are building some of the largest and most complex distributed systems in the world, and we need ingenious engineers to join our Elite team to implement and operate them.
The AWS Intelligence Initiative-AI² is hiring for a rare opportunity working with some of the brightest engineers and technical leaders, while breaking new ground in the U.S. Intelligence Community by delivering agile software services and infrastructure.
The AI² program will offer you the opportunity to
· Consult with, and gain knowledge from the top engineers at Amazon about our innovative products and other public AWS offerings like S3, EC2, and CloudFront.
· Discuss radical new approaches to automate operational issues.
· Design and build the operational scalability that sustains the platform’s remarkable growth
· Master at AWS Services platform diagnosis, response, measurement, and automation.
· Deep dive to root cause a customer issue, or investigate why a metric is trending the wrong way
You’ll know how to drive automation and excellence into every aspect of building, deploying, running, and scaling our gigantic cloud services, and believe that we are only scratching the surface of what is possible.
You should be an engineer who is focused on developing internal systems written in Python, Java, C or a similar language. You also have a comfortable understanding of Linux, networking and the cloud, and experience running and maintaining a 24×7 Internet-oriented production environment across multiple (preferably hundreds) of Data Centers.
This is an opportunity to operate and engineer systems on a massive scale, and to gain top-notch experience in cloud computing. At Amazon, you’ll be among Elite engineers who are as passionate about their customers as they are about their products, and possess an insatiable curiosity about cloud computing and the most cutting edge technologies.

Basic Qualifications
· 2+ years support engineering or system admin experience on Linux or Unix systems.

· Experience with scripting languages such as Bash, Python, C, C++, Java or Ruby

· Bachelor’s degree in Information Science / Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field.

This position requires the applicant selected to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) eligibility and access. A US Government administered polygraph examination will be required. TS/SCI eligibility is not required to start; however, the applicant selected will be subject to a Single-Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified national security information. Applicants with a current SSBI, SBPR, or PPR, may be eligible for crossover in accordance with ICPG 704.4.

Preferred Qualifications
· Masters or PhD in Information Science / Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field.

· Strong ownership, urgency, and drive to launch services

· Deep understanding of scalable computing systems

· Good working knowledge/experience on highly distributed virtual environment, networking, s/w build and deployment process.

· Experience with a modern programming language such as C, C++, or Java

· Experience operating large scale systems

· A solid grasp of networking fundamentals, preferably including hands-on experience with load balancers, switches, routers, etc.

· Familiar with the challenges surrounding efficient operations and failure mode analysis in large complex distributed systems

Amazon is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer – Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual

**Please email AWS Recruiter, Topher Nuccio (tophern@amazon.com) if you have questions, and reference the 6 digit Job ID number

*MVP221982