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 systems; 4+ years of administrative and hands-on systems engineering experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree, or CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional).
About the job
Operates and improves Amazon’s software-builder infrastructure across secure, isolated environments, building automation and troubleshooting distributed deployment and testing services.
What you'll do
- Operate critical ASBX services and maintain their reliability, security, and parity across isolated partitions.
- Build automation and tooling for deployments and cross-partition orchestration, including in air-gapped environments.
- Troubleshoot complex distributed-systems issues and improve the builder experience.
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 experience designing or architecting systems.
- Programming experience in at least one modern language, such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, or Ruby.
- 4+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems, and hands-on systems engineering; knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals; current active US Government Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility or above.
Nice to have
- Experience with PowerShell, Python, Ruby, or Java.
- Experience working in an Agile environment using Scrum.
Pay
129,200.00 - 174,800.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Linux, Apollo, Pipelines, Test on Demand/Hydra, AppConfig, Multi-Region, C++, Python
AI focus
The role may involve building AI-powered operational tooling and supports AIM (AI agent infrastructure).
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