Drimva

Amazon

Systems Development Manager, Security Tooling, US ADC Security

$166K–$225K

Herndon, VA · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 27, 2026

Experience
3+ years of engineering team management; 7+ years working directly with engineering teams.
Education
Bachelor's degree, or CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional).
Visa sponsorship
Selected candidate must be a US Citizen and currently possess and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance.

About the job

Leads a team responsible for operating and automating secure, scalable infrastructure that supports security tooling for a U.S. Government program in a classified environment.

What you'll do

  • Lead, hire, coach, and develop systems development engineers; set goals and performance expectations.
  • Own the infrastructure and operations roadmap, including infrastructure as code, deployment, monitoring, and system health.
  • Drive operational excellence and collaborate with engineering, program, and Government stakeholders to prioritize and deliver work.

What they ask for

  • Bachelor's degree, or CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional).
  • 3+ years of engineering team management experience.
  • 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience.
  • Experience automating, deploying, and supporting large-scale infrastructure; experience with infrastructure as code, ops automation, and configuration management tools such as Chef, Puppet, or Ansible.

Nice to have

  • Experience with AWS products and services or operating security tooling or security infrastructure.
  • Experience leading engineering teams in classified or regulated environments.

Pay

166,300.00 - 225,000.00 USD annually (base salary)

Tools

Chef, Puppet, Ansible, AWS

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First seen Oct 28, 2026 · Last verified Nov 4, 2026 (UTC)