Amazon hiring 'top secret' IT staff as it fights for CIA work

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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9242086/Amazon_hiring_top_secret_IT_staff_as_it_fights_for_CIA_work

By Patrick Thibodeau
Computerworld
September 4, 2013

The U.S. isn't doing a good job keeping secrets. Think Edward Snowden. But 
demand for trustworthy IT professionals is strong, especially if they want 
to work for Amazon Web Services.

Amazon has more than 100 job openings for people who can get a top secret 
clearance, which includes a U.S. government administered polygraph 
examination. It needs software developers, operations managers and cloud 
support engineers, among others.

Amazon's hiring effort includes an invitation-only recruiting event for 
systems support engineers at its Herndon, Va., facility on Sept. 24 and 
25.

Amazon is challenging established IT vendors for U.S. government 
intelligence work, illustrated by an escalating fight to build a private 
cloud for the CIA.

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