Amazon
Amazon Dedicated Cloud Engineer, US ADC Security
$117K–$167K
Herndon, VA · Full-time · Posted Oct 27, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years each in networking, technical troubleshooting or similar work, and Linux/Unix systems administration.
- Education
- Associate's degree or above, or Cloud+ or GICSP (Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional) or GSEC (GIAC Security Essentials) or SSCP (Systems Security Certified Practitioner).
About the job
Provides 24/7 operations support and troubleshooting for large-scale distributed systems in a classified U.S. Government cloud environment, while improving reliability through automation.
What you'll do
- Troubleshoot customer issues, investigate metrics, and resolve, mitigate, or escalate operational concerns.
- Identify and drive improvements to system availability, performance, maintainability, and operational processes.
- Build automation, document troubleshooting steps, and contribute to operational runbooks and knowledge-sharing.
What they ask for
- Associate's degree or above, or Cloud+ or GICSP (Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional) or GSEC (GIAC Security Essentials) or SSCP (Systems Security Certified Practitioner).
- 3+ years of networking experience.
- 3+ years of technical troubleshooting or similar experience.
- 3+ years of Linux/Unix systems administration experience; current, active US Government TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.
Nice to have
- Experience with IPsec, VPN, Load Balancing, Iperf, MTR, Routing Protocols, SSH, network monitoring, or troubleshooting tools.
- Experience with virtualization, Linux/RHEL, application stack management, technical support, or AWS core services and cloud computing concepts.
Pay
116,900.00 - 167,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Linux/Unix, Ubuntu, CentOS, RedHat, Solaris, AWS, IPsec, VPN
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