Drimva

Amazon

Systems Development Engineer II, US Amazon Dedicated Cloud Security Engineering

$129K–$175K

Herndon, VA · Full-time · Posted Oct 24, 2026

About the job

Operates and secures a physical access control system in a classified environment, building integrations, automation, and monitoring for scalable infrastructure.

What you'll do

  • Architect and implement PACS integrations and security automation solutions.
  • Develop secure, highly available distributed systems, infrastructure-as-code deployments, and monitoring.
  • Lead security design reviews and mentor junior engineers.

What they ask for

  • Experience automating, deploying, and supporting large-scale infrastructure.
  • Programming experience in at least one modern language, such as Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, or Rust.
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and build processes.
  • Current, active US Government TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph; must be a US Citizen.

Nice to have

  • Experience with distributed systems at scale.

Pay

129,200.00 - 174,800.00 USD annually (base salary)

Tools

Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, Rust

AI focus

Build monitoring and alerting systems using machine learning for anomaly detection.

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First seen Oct 25, 2026 · Last verified Nov 4, 2026 (UTC)