Amazon
System Development Engineer, Marketplace
$129K–$175K
Arlington, VA +1 · Full-time · Posted Sep 29, 2026
- Location
- Arlington, VA
Denver, CO - Experience
- 2+ years of non-internship software development; 1+ years designing or architecting systems; 4+ years of systems administration and hands-on systems engineering.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree, or CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional).
About the job
Build and operate infrastructure, deployment automation, and AI-powered operational tooling to enable AWS Marketplace services in classified and isolated government cloud regions.
What you'll do
- Develop infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD pipelines for classified and air-gapped environments; automate regional onboarding.
- Partner with service teams to resolve deployment and cross-region issues, and support region launches and operational readiness.
- Build AI-powered operational tools and participate in on-call support for mission-critical regional services.
What they ask for
- Currently possess and maintain an active TS/SCI clearance; after starting, obtain and maintain TS/SCI with polygraph or a commensurate agency clearance.
- 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience; 1+ years designing or architecting systems.
- 4+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems, and hands-on systems engineering.
- Bachelor's degree or CSSLP; systems engineering fundamentals and programming experience in at least one modern language.
Nice to have
- Experience in an Agile environment using Scrum.
Pay
USD 129,200.00 - 174,800.00 annually (base salary); USD 129,200.00 - 174,800.00 annually (base salary)
Tools
CDK, CloudFormation, C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell
AI focus
Build and use AI-powered operational tooling to accelerate operational workflows and improve developer productivity.
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