Amazon
System Development Engineer, Astra ADC
$129K–$175K
Herndon, VA · Full-time · Posted Oct 16, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years of non-internship professional software development; 1+ years designing or architecting new and existing 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, and after starting, an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph or commensurate clearance for each government agency for which the employee performs AWS work.
About the job
Build and operate foundational software-builder services and automation across Amazon’s secure, isolated environments, improving deployment reliability, parity, and the builder experience.
What you'll do
- Operate and troubleshoot services and deployment pipelines across air-gapped regions.
- Develop automation and software to support cross-partition deployments and reliable service delivery.
- Design and improve systems, including bringing ASBX capabilities to isolated 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 designing or architecting systems experience.
- 4+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems, and hands-on systems engineering; knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals.
- Programming experience with at least one modern language; current, active US Government Security Clearance of Top Secret with SCI eligibility or above.
Nice to have
- Experience with PowerShell, Python, Ruby, or Java.
- Experience working in an Agile environment using the Scrum methodology.
Pay
129,200.00 - 174,800.00 USD annually — base salary
Tools
Linux, C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby
AI focus
May build AI-powered operational tooling; the team also operates AIM (AI agent infrastructure).
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