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 non-internship professional software development; 1+ years designing or architecting systems; 4+ years administrative and hands-on systems engineering experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree, or CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional).
About the job
Operates and improves deployment automation and distributed systems for AWS services in air-gapped government environments.
What you'll do
- Operate services at scale across isolated regions and troubleshoot complex deployment and distributed-systems issues.
- Build automation for safe deployments, cross-partition orchestration, and improved builder experience.
- Design and implement service capabilities for 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 designing or architecting systems.
- 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 and a 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); 129,200.00 - 174,800.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Linux, C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby
AI focus
Build AI-powered operational tooling.
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