Amazon
Sr. Systems Development Engineer , US Amazon Dedicated Cloud Security
$151K–$205K
Herndon, VA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jun 18, 2026
- Experience
- 6+ years of development/programming/scripting experience.
About the job
Architects, builds, and operates secure, automated infrastructure for Amazon Dedicated Cloud, while advising customers and leading engineering practices.
What you'll do
- Design and operate large-scale infrastructure automation and deployment pipelines for security, availability, observability, and fault tolerance.
- Lead technical reviews, set systems engineering standards, and identify infrastructure risks.
- Advise customers, translate compliance and operational requirements into infrastructure solutions, and mentor engineers.
What they ask for
- 6+ years of development, programming, or scripting experience with Python, Java, Bash, or Perl.
- Knowledge of engineering practices across the software, hardware, and network development lifecycle.
- Experience with infrastructure as code, operations automation, and configuration management tools such as Chef, Puppet, or Ansible.
- Current, active TS/SCI US Government Security Clearance; must be a US citizen, maintain an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph, and opt into commensurate agency clearances.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of web services, networking, and common security-relevant protocols.
- Experience leading highly available and fault-tolerant enterprise or web-scale software deployments.
Pay
151,200.00 - 204,600.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Python, Java, Bash, Perl, Chef, Puppet, Ansible, REST
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