Amazon
System Development Engineer, AWS Region Reliability (Greyjoy)
$151K–$205K
Seattle, WA · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of programming; 4+ years of non-internship professional software development; 2+ years designing or architecting systems; 4+ years systems development in an IT or data center environment; 4+ years deploying and operating in Linux/Unix; 2+ years in systems design, software development, operations, automation, and process improvement.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree, or CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional).
About the job
Build and operate automation and production systems that improve the reliability and availability of AWS Dedicated Cloud isolated regions.
What you'll do
- Design, develop, and maintain automation for host maintenance, deployments, credential rotation, and resource synthesis.
- Operate production systems end-to-end, including monitoring, CI/CD, incident response, and root cause analysis.
- Partner with service teams to improve reliability, reduce operational toil, and support operational excellence.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree, or CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional).
- 3+ years of programming with at least one modern language; 4+ years of professional software development and systems development in an IT or data center environment.
- 4+ years deploying and operating in a Linux/Unix environment; 2+ years designing or architecting systems and in systems design, software development, operations, automation, and process improvement.
- Current, active US Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI with Polygraph.
Nice to have
- 1+ years of development/programming/scripting experience with Python, Java, Bash, or Perl.
- Knowledge of full software/hardware/networks development life-cycle practices; experience leading delivery of complex software or computing infrastructure.
Pay
151,200.00 - 204,600.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Linux/Unix, Python, Java, Ruby, Golang, C++, C#, PowerShell
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