Amazon
System Development Engineer, Astra ADC
$129K–$175K
Jessup, MD +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Location
- Jessup, MD
Seattle, WA - Experience
- 2+ years of non-internship professional software development; 1+ years designing or architecting systems; 4+ years of administrative and hands-on systems engineering experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional).
- Visa sponsorship
- Requires a current, active US Government Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility or above; after starting, must obtain and maintain an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph or commensurate clearance for each government agency for which they perform AWS work.
About the job
Develops and operates deployment automation and cloud infrastructure services for sensitive AWS workloads in air-gapped environments and across isolated regions.
What you'll do
- Operate services at scale, monitor deployment health, and troubleshoot distributed systems and pipeline issues.
- Build automation for reliable software deployments across isolated regions and partitions.
- Improve builder experience and support new service capabilities in air-gapped environments.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree or CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional).
- 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience and 1+ years of system design or architecture experience.
- 4+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems, and hands-on systems engineering; knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals.
- Programming experience in at least one modern language; current, active US Government Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility or above.
Nice to have
- PowerShell, Python, Ruby, or Java experience.
- Experience in an Agile environment using Scrum.
Pay
129,200.00 - 174,800.00 USD annually (base salary); 129,200.00 - 174,800.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Linux, Networking, C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell
AI focus
Build AI-powered operational tooling.
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