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, RBAC.
– 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.
Export Control Requirements: Due to the need to access certain federal controlled information, you must be a U.S. citizen for consideration.
A day in the life
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
About the team
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.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Arlington, VA, USA | Bellevue, WA, USA
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
– 3+ years of programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby experience
– 4+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
– 2+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
– 4+ years of systems development in an IT or data center environment experience
– 4+ years of deploying and operating in a Linux/Unix environment experience
– 2+ years of systems design, software development, operations, automation, and process improvement experience
– Knowledge of at least one modern programming language such as C, C++, Java, or Perl
– Experience leading the design, build and deployment of complex and performant (reliable and scalable) software solutions in production
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
– 1+ years of development/programming/scripting language (Python/Java/Bash/Perl) experience
– Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and livesite operations
– Experience taking a leading role in building complex software or computing infrastructure that has been successfully delivered to customers
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $119,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $231,400/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.