The Platform Engineering and Emerging Technologies (PEET) team is hiring for a System Development Engineer to support the Wickr service! You'll design, deploy, monitor, and automate infrastructure, tools and systems to provide a highly-available and resilient platform for our customers' and our team's workloads. Would you like to implement innovative cloud computing solutions and solve the world's most complex technical problems? Do you have a deep passion and desire to engineer and operate the world's largest cloud computing infrastructure to build a better world for future generations? This is an exciting opportunity to use the latest cloud computing technologies to help U.S. Government agencies implement innovative cloud computing solutions and solve technical problems. AWS established a specialized group of service teams responsible for the work we are doing with the U.S. Intelligence Community. We are building some of the largest and most complex distributed systems in the world, and we need adaptable people to help us implement and operate them. 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. Key job responsibilities- Design, deploy, monitor, and automate infrastructure, tools and systems to provide a highly-available and resilient platform for our customers' and our team's workloads.- This position involves on-call responsibilities, typically for one week in every six. We dont like getting paged in the middle of the night or on the weekend, so we work to ensure that our systems are fault tolerant. When we do get paged, we work together to resolve the root cause so that we dont get paged for the same issue twice. About the team. Why AWS - Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the worlds most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating thats 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, were 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 were looking for talented people who want to help. Inclusive Team Culture. Here at AWS, its 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 Amaze. Con 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, theres nothing we cant achieve in the cloud. Mentorship and Career Growth. Were continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earths Best Employer. Thats why youll 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, hasnt followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, dont let it stop you from applying. Basic Qualifications- Bachelor's degree, or CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional)- 2 years of non-internship professional software development experience- 1 years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience- Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (networking, storage, operating systems)- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C , C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby- Current, active US Government Security Clearance of Top Secret with SCI eligibility or above. Preferred Qualifications- Experience with distributed systems at scale- Experience with Linux/ Unix.