Amazon Dedicated Cloud Engineer, Region Reliability Engineering at Amazon
Denver, CO
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Jul 22, 2026
Denver, CO
Jul 23, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role sits within AWS's Region Reliability Engineering team, focused on keeping dedicated cloud regions — used by U.S. intelligence and defense agencies — running reliably. Day-to-day work involves building automation to reduce manual operational burden, troubleshooting complex system and service interdependencies, and applying AI tooling to reliability problems. It suits engineers with a background spanning systems administration, networking, and scripting who hold an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
Mid level · 3+ years · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $101,310 (middle half $79,725–$129,425).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
The role is a genuine hybrid between infrastructure/systems operations (15-1244) and software/automation development (15-1252). The title 'Dedicated Cloud Engineer' and responsibilities emphasize both operating AWS dedicated cloud regions AND building automation and reliability tooling (including with Amazon Bedrock). 15-1244 was chosen as primary because the core gates — systems administration, networking, troubleshooting — align with operations; however, the automation/development emphasis makes 15-1252 a credible runner-up.
No work location or metro is specified in the posting. Given the TS/SCI with polygraph requirement and the focus on U.S. Intelligence and Defense agencies, the role is almost certainly on-site at a cleared facility, but the specific location is not disclosed.
The degree requirement is effectively None: the Basic Qualifications accept an Associate's degree OR any of several security certifications (Cloud+, GICSP, GSEC, SSCP) as alternatives, meaning no specific degree is hard-gated.
The TS/SCI with polygraph clearance is an explicit hard gate stated in both the body and Basic Qualifications.
Scripting language experience is required; Python, Ruby, and Perl are listed as interchangeable examples ('e.g.'). Python is used as the primary name with Ruby and Perl as alternatives.
Linux and Windows are listed as interchangeable alternatives for the systems administration requirement.
Cloud computing experience (3+ years) and additional networking experience appear under Preferred Qualifications, so AWS is marked preferred. Amazon Bedrock is mentioned only in narrative/context sections, so it is also marked preferred.
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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