Amazon
Windows Systems Engineer, Region Services Corporate Infrastructure (Vector) Team
$91K–$152K
Herndon, VA · Full-time · Posted Sep 1, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years supporting Windows family of operating systems.
- Education
- High school or equivalent diploma, or A+ or CND (Certified Network Defender) or Network+ or Security+.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must currently possess and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph; must opt into a commensurate clearance for each government agency for which performing AWS work.
About the job
Supports critical Windows infrastructure across isolated government cloud environments while building automation to reduce manual operations.
What you'll do
- Maintain and troubleshoot Active Directory, DFS, DHCP, DNS, ECM, and Group Policy services; provide escalation support.
- Build Ansible-based automation, define service health metrics and alarms, and improve operational reliability.
- Support security compliance, maintain operational documentation, and participate in an on-call rotation.
What they ask for
- High school or equivalent diploma, or A+ or CND (Certified Network Defender) or Network+ or Security+.
- 2+ years supporting Windows family of operating systems, including four of the listed core competencies.
- Experience administering, maintaining, and operating Active Directory Windows-based networks, with basic networking and troubleshooting skills.
- Current, active US Government TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph.
Nice to have
- Experience in air-gapped or isolated network environments; scripting in Windows using PowerShell.
- Familiarity with ECM/SCCM/MECM, WSUS, PKI/certificate services, identity management, or Windows service monitoring and alerting.
Pay
91,000.00 - 152,000.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Windows, Active Directory, DFS, DHCP, DNS, ECM, Group Policy, Ansible
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