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+.
About the job
Supports critical Windows infrastructure across isolated government cloud environments while building automation to reduce manual operations and improve service reliability.
What you'll do
- Maintain and troubleshoot Active Directory, DFS, DHCP, DNS, ECM, and Group Policy services; provide escalation support.
- Build Ansible-based automation, health metrics, and alerting; migrate manual processes to repeatable code-defined operations.
- Maintain security compliance and 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 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.
- Currently active US Government TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph; must maintain it and opt into commensurate agency clearances for AWS work.
Nice to have
- Experience in air-gapped or isolated network environments.
- PowerShell scripting, 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
Active Directory, DFS, DHCP, DNS, ECM, Group Policy, Ansible, PowerShell
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