Description

　　Do you like helping U.S. Intelligence Community agencies implement innovative cloud computing solutions and solve technical problems? Would you like to do this using the latest cloud computing technologies? Do you have a knack for helping these groups understand application architectures and integration approaches, and the consultative and leadership skills to launch a project on a trajectory to success? Are you familiar with security best practices for applications, servers, and networks?

　　Amazon Web Services is looking for highly talented and technical consultants to help accelerate our growing Professional Services business. This is an excellent opportunity to join Amazon’s world class technical teams, working with some of the best and brightest engineers while also developing your skills and furthering your career within one of the most innovative and progressive technology companies.

　　Professional Services engage in a wide variety of projects for customers and partners, providing collective experience from across the AWS customer base and are obsessed about Customer Success. Our team collaborates across the entire AWS organization to bring access to product and service teams, to get the right solution delivered and drive feature innovation based upon customer needs.

　　We are looking for someone who will:

　　Be great fun to work with. At AWS, we have a credo of “Work hard. Have fun. Make history”. In this role, you will love what you do, and instinctively know how to make work fun. You will be dynamic and creative, and willing to take on any challenge and make a big impact.

　　Enjoy working with Intelligence Community customers. You will have a passion for educating, training, designing, and building cloud solutions for a diverse and challenging set of Intelligence Community customers.

　　Have a strong understanding of large scale computing solutions. The ideal candidate will have past experience working as a systems or support engineer. You will enjoy keeping your existing technical skills honed and developing new ones, so you can make strong contributions to deep architecture discussions. You will regularly take part in deep-dive education and design exercises to create truly innovative solutions built on AWS.

　　This position requires that the candidate selected must currently possess and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph. The position further requires the candidate to opt into a commensurate clearance for each government agency for which they perform AWS work.

　　If you have questions or would like to submit a referral, please reach out to Renee Taylor at [email protected].

　　Key job responsibilities

　　Ability to travel to client locations to deliver professional services as needed.

　　Ability to travel domestic and international up to 25%.

　　A day in the life

　　Work/Life Balance

　　Our team puts a high value on work-life balance. It isn’t about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.

　　Mentorship & Career Growth

　　Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentor ship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded Evaluator and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.

　　Inclusive Team Culture

　　Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and we host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.

　　We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

　　Herndon, VA, USA, St Louis, MO, USA

　　We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

　　Herndon, VA, USA | St Louis, MO, USA

　　Basic Qualifications

　　7+ years of technical specialist, design and architecture experience

　　5+ years of database (eg. SQL, NoSQL, Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, Kinesis) experience

　　7+ years of consulting, design and implementation of serverless distributed solutions experience

　　5+ years of software development with object oriented language experience

　　3+ years of cloud based solution (AWS or equivalent), system, network and operating system experience

　　7+ years of external or internal customer facing, complex and large scale project management experience

　　Bachelor's degree, or 7+ years of professional or military experience

　　Current, active US Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI with Polygraph

　　Preferred Qualifications

　　7+ years of experience in infrastructure architecture, database architecture, software, DevOps and networking

　　Experience in technology/software sales consulting or equivalent skills

　　Professional experience architecting/deploying/operating solutions built on AWS

　　Experience working within software development or Internet-related industries

　　Experience migrating or transforming legacy customer solutions to the cloud

　　Experience managing highly available data center operations with responsibility for infrastructure robustness, including networking, server hardware and storage

　　Understanding of Federal Government application, server, and network security requirements such as ICD 503, FISMA and FedRAMP.

　　Technical degree; Computer Science or Math background highly desired

　　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.