Security Engineer, AWS Cross Domain Services (diode)

Cross Domain Services Security Engineer

AWS is seeking a Cross Domain Services Security Engineer to support our government customers in the Intelligence, Defense, and National Security communities. We're looking for someone passionate and deeply excited about this space. Someone who is devoted to helping customers understand how our services can make a big difference to their mission. Are you excited to help leverage cross domain services in their classified missions? If you are eager to learn from a variety of enterprise use cases of AWS Diode and excited to become a key part of Amazon - who has been investing in cross domain services for a decade, pioneering, and shaping Cloud-CDS technology - then we welcome you to join us!

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.

Key job responsibilities:

• As a Security Engineer, help your customers plan their successful cloud CDS journey.
• Solve complex, technical challenges, so your customers can focus on their mission.
• Use your knowledge to craft scalable, flexible, and resilient cloud CDS architectures.
• Drive technical solutions discussions, diving deep into the details with customer teams.
• Shape the direction of our products and services through gathering feedback from customers.
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams.
• Have great communication skills and be very technical.
• Previous experience with AWS is desired but not required, provided you have experience building large scale solutions.
• Work directly with senior engineers at customers, partners, and AWS service teams.

A day in the life:

• Build relationships to understand our customers and partners.
• Use your interpersonal skills to influence a variety of stakeholders from technical teams to executives.
• Help ensure their short-term technology decisions are aligned with their long-term goals.
• Speed up the adoption of our AWS Diode service as part of your day to day.
• Act as a thought leader in the wider community.
• Play a lead role in educating, sharing best practices, presenting at events, writing white papers, blogs, and running workshops.

About the team:

On the AWS Diode team, we are helping the federal government build and use cross domain services on the AWS Cloud. Cross Domain Services is rapidly growing in importance. We're seeing more and more amazing work being done from simple back office applications to complex mission changing workflows.

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.

Utility Computing (UC):

AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations — from foundational services such as Amazon's Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS's services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you'll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (IoT), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.

Inclusive Team Culture:

AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.

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, there's nothing we can't achieve in the cloud.

Mentorship and Career Growth:

We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll 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, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.