This position is located in Bellevue, WA. As a System Development Engineer II in the Foundational Security & Dedicated Clouds (FSDC) organization at AWS, you will have the opportunity to shape the future of AWS’s identity management landscape. We provide the critical infrastructure that powers Amazon's vast range of services, enabling them to deliver for customers across the globe.

Amazon and Amazon Web Services are growing at an unprecedented rate. To keep up with that growth, we are in constant need of innovative processes and automation solutions. Your work will have a company-wide impact, affecting thousands of developers and teams, and enabling us to launch and scale our services rapidly.



Key job responsibilities
As an SysDE II, your role is pivotal in maintaining the robust and innovative solutions of our team. You will work on complex challenges in existing and new development initiatives, focusing on areas with ambiguity. Your goal is to design and develop software systems that are secure, maintainable, scalable, and extendable.

You will develop an understanding of the business impact of your systems and make responsible trade-offs between the short-term operational needs and long-term business objectives. You will actively participate in team strategy discussions and contribute to the decisions made regarding technology.

You will provide technical solutions that not only meet the current needs but also consider the future, promoting simplicity and ease of maintainability. Your solutions will be designed in such a way that they can be easily understood and contributed to by other team members.

You will collaborate with your team, encouraging best practices and setting standards to improve the overall quality of the team's work. In situations where there are differing viewpoints, you will strive to find the best way forward and build consensus.

A day in the life
You will get a comprehensive view of all aspects of Amazon's business. You will have the opportunity to work with massive data sets and improve the agility of our technical teams. You will be part of a growing, fast-paced, and innovative team. You will have ownership and responsibility to define and execute processes that enhance the productivity and savings for AWS and Amazon.

Our ideal candidate will have a strong background in software development with experience in identity directory systems architecture. Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential. The candidate should have a successful track record of delivering large-scale engineering solutions. The desire and ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment is crucial.

Join us in this high-impact opportunity that offers interesting challenges and high visibility. Be prepared for a rigorous technical interview process as we're looking for the highest quality candidates.

About the team
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 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.

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 mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded professional and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.

Have you ever wanted to be part of a team who is building industry changing technology? Amazon’s Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband network connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.

In Project Kuiper Enterprise Engineering, we build the software, services, and infrastructure that enable our program to design and engineer the future of LEO Satellite based broadband services. Our team succeeds when the entire Project Kuiper organization can scale as needed to be successful.

Leading an effort to enhance the Identity and Access Management (IAM) function for our organization. Work cross functionally to gather requirements, design proper controls, and implement the strategy for internal Kuiper resources. This includes team systems and tools, lab networks, and access to AWS cloud infrastructure. Responsible for the design and deployment of Identity and Access Management (IAM) systems of internal Project Kuiper resources. Collaborate with Amazon Security teams and key stakeholders to intake requirements and deliver a customer obsessed IAM experience to Project Kuiper specific resources.


Key job responsibilities

• Deliver services to enable effective Identity and Access Management throughout internal operations.
• Enforce compliance with IAM principals including: least privilege access, password management, Audit logging.
• Drive 3rd party secure collaboration efforts to accelerate Kuiper projects.
• Partner with Amazon security organizations to ensure compliance with existing security policies.
• Understand the Amazon Identity Management system, holistically and identify existing services and capabilities that may solve existing problems.
• Engage with and influence the key stakeholders and internal teams to ensure compliance, security and operational functional requirements are met or exceeded.
• Create and implement automated processes that reduce manual efforts and increase overall efficiency and scalability.
• Develop monitoring and reporting on the health, effectiveness and efficiency of IAM services.
• Due to the need to access certain federal controlled information, you must be a U.S. citizen for consideration.

A day in the life
Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. Amazon has ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences. 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.

At Amazon, our mission is to be the most customer-centric company on Earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright and driven people. We're dedicated to supporting new team members. Our team has a broad mix of experience levels and Amazon tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship.


About the team
As part of Kuiper Enterprise Engineering IAM team you will further deepen your technical expertise and proficiency in distributed software design, navigate operational challenges of a highly available system under load, and hone your skills as a leader and communicator. You will collaborate with and learn from some of the strongest software, security and infrastructure engineers in the industry, and leverage Amazon's ample resources to innovate on behalf of our customers.

This is an excellent opportunity to join Amazon's world class technical team. While you will come to our team with your own diverse experience, you will have the ability to further develop your skills and grow your career within one of our most innovative programs. Our ideal candidate is highly autonomous, possesses strong communication skills and has project management experience. You should expect to work in a fast paced, highly collaborative environment

Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband network connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.

THE ROLE

Have you wanted an opportunity to develop embedded software, and devicefor an advanced satellite broadband telecom service? The Security team owns the operational security of the constellation end-to-end. We provide the necessary infrastructure to establish secure communications and strong authentication, enabling the confidentiality for our customers and security for our constellation.

This team drives the research & development, deployment and operation of several mission-critical embedded security systems for the Kuiper constellation end-to-end. You will work in a start-up like culture to bootstrap embedded software systems focused on security, and help instill the security culture in the organization.

We are looking to hire a Senior Embedded Security Engineer that has experience in leading the technical conversation, making design decisions and architecting, complex security hardening and controls into embedded system. You will work with a diverse, multi-disciplinary embedded systems engineering team to determine the requirements and set the bar for our security best practices and systems development.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
-Work with our peer teams and customers to design suitable embedded software & security systems and interfaces to fulfill the mission needs.

-Design and develop embedded software security systems that meet the mission criteria and requirements

-Collaborate with your fellow team members to form a strong foundation for a embedded software & security organization in Project Kuiper

-Help on-board and mentor new team members.

-Utilize embedded OS hardening, device driver secure design and reliability to form resiliency in Kuiper embedded systems and devices.

Export Control Requirement

Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Key job responsibilities
-Embedded system, and device, secure by design architecture, design and guidance.

-Security control, logging, auditing, and incident material design.

-OS, device, embedded system hardening, with resiliency best practices.

-Assessing 3rd party embedded software, devices and systems.

Additional locations include:
Redmond, Bellevue, San Diego, Austin, Chicago, Boston

Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband network connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.

THE ROLE

Have you wanted an opportunity to develop software for an advanced satellite broadband telecom service? The Security team owns the operational security of the constellation end-to-end. We provide the necessary infrastructure to establish secure communications and strong authentication, enabling the confidentiality for our customers and security for our constellation.

This team drives the research & development, deployment and operation of several mission-critical security systems for the Kuiper constellation end-to-end. You will work in a start-up like culture to bootstrap software systems focused on security, and help instill the security culture in the organization.

We are looking to hire a Senior Security Engineer that has experience in leading the technical conversation, making design decisions and building large-scale, complex system & security service. You will work with a diverse, multi-disciplinary security engineering team to determine the requirements and set the bar for our security best practices and systems development.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work with our peer teams and customers to design suitable software & security systems and interfaces to fulfill the mission needs.
• Design and develop software security systems that meet the mission criteria and requirements
• Collaborate with your fellow team members to form a strong foundation for a software & security organization in Project Kuiper
• Help on-board and mentor new team members.
• Utilize AWS and other Amazon technologies to build high-available software services

Export Control Requirement

Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Additional locations include:
Redmond, Bellevue, San Diego, Austin, Chicago, Boston

Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband network connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.

THE ROLE

Have you wanted an opportunity to develop software for an advanced satellite broadband telecom service? The Security team owns the operational security of the constellation end-to-end. We provide the necessary infrastructure to establish secure communications and strong authentication, enabling the confidentiality for our customers and security for our constellation.

This team drives the research & development, deployment and operation of several mission-critical security systems for the Kuiper constellation end-to-end. You will work in a start-up like culture to bootstrap software systems focused on security, and help instill the security culture in the organization.

We are looking to hire a Senior Security Engineer that has experience in leading the technical conversation, making design decisions and building large-scale, complex system & security service. You will work with a diverse, multi-disciplinary security engineering team to determine the requirements and set the bar for our security best practices and systems development.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work with our peer teams and customers to design suitable software & security systems and interfaces to fulfill the mission needs.
• Design and develop software security systems that meet the mission criteria and requirements
• Collaborate with your fellow team members to form a strong foundation for a software & security organization in Project Kuiper
• Help on-board and mentor new team members.
• Utilize AWS and other Amazon technologies to build high-available software services

Export Control Requirement

Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.