Amazon

Software Development Engineer II, Secure Connection Services (SCS)

$144K–$194K

Herndon, VA · Full-time · Posted Aug 3, 2026

Experience: 4+ years professional software development; 2+ years systems design or architecture; 1+ years large-scale software development; preferred: 5+ years full software development life cycle.
Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent (preferred).
Visa sponsorship: Must be a US Citizen; must obtain and maintain a TS/SCI with polygraph security clearance. Selected candidate will be sponsored for a commensurate clearance for each government agency for which they perform AWS work.

About the job

Designs, develops, tests, and deploys scalable software and operational tools for AWS Secure Connection Services and Amazon Dedicated Cloud, solving customer and infrastructure problems.

What you'll do

Investigate customer issues and prototype and deliver solutions with business teams.
Develop and improve production-quality tools, processes, and automation for operational problems.
Coordinate with engineers and product managers on solution priorities, architecture, and delivery.

What they ask for

4+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
2+ years of non-internship experience designing or architecting new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
1+ years designing and developing large-scale software applications, tools, systems, or services using C#, C++, Java, or Perl.
Experience programming in at least one software programming language; must be a US Citizen and obtain and maintain a TS/SCI with polygraph security clearance.

Nice to have

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
5+ years of full software development life cycle experience; current, active US Government Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility or above.

Pay

143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually (base salary)

Tools

Python, Perl, Ruby, Shell, Java, C#, C++

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