Amazon
Systems Development Engineer, Controlled Working Environment, WWPS Engineering
$129K–$175K
Arlington, VA +1 · Full-time · Posted Jul 6, 2026
- Location
- Arlington, VA
Herndon, VA - Experience
- 2+ years of non-internship professional software development; 1+ years designing or architecting systems; 7+ years of administrative and hands-on systems engineering experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Candidate selected must be a US Citizen.
About the job
Designs, builds, automates, and supports a secure, separated cloud workspace environment for government customers, including its operations and user applications.
What you'll do
- Design architectural approaches and develop automated tools and functionality for the Controlled Working Environment (CWE).
- Investigate operational issues, system variances, and cloud solutions to improve reliability and customer outcomes.
- Manage user applications such as JIRA, Confluence, BitBucket, and Duo.
What they ask for
- 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
- 1+ years of experience designing or architecting new and existing systems, including design patterns, reliability, and scaling.
- 7+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems, and hands-on systems engineering.
- Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals and programming experience in at least one modern language listed in the posting.
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
C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby, Linux/Unix
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