Systems Development Engineer, ADC2S - Herndon

Salary: $129,800 - 129,800 per year Requirements:

• We require a bachelors degree or CSSLP certification.
• We require 2+ years of professional software development experience outside internships.
• We require 1+ years of experience designing or architecting new and existing systems, including patterns, reliability, and scaling.
• We require 4+ years of administrative experience across networking, storage systems, operating systems, and hands-on systems engineering.
• We require programming experience in at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, or Ruby.
• We require an active U.S. Government Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility or higher.
• We require current and ongoing TS/SCI clearance, and after joining, we must be able to obtain and maintain TS/SCI with polygraph or equivalent clearance for the relevant government agency.

• We design and build the operational scalability that supports rapid platform growth.
• We operate and engineer systems at massive scale in a fast-moving environment.
• We work through customer issues by deep-diving into root causes and analyzing metrics that are moving in the wrong direction.
• We collaborate with top engineers to evaluate technical challenges and solutions.
• We explore and implement new approaches to automate operational problems.
• We contribute to the expansion of our compute services for government customers.
• We measure our success by the impact our work has on the efficiency and effectiveness of government services.

• C#
• Cloud
• Golang
• Support
• Java
• PowerShell
• Python
• Ruby
• Web
• AWS
• DevOps
• Security

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We are Amazon Web Services, the worlds most comprehensive and widely adopted cloud platform, and our Infrastructure Services team is responsible for the design, planning, delivery, and operation of our global infrastructure. We support the data centers, servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling systems that keep our cloud running. Our culture emphasizes curiosity, inclusion, work-life harmony, mentorship, and continuous growth, and we offer comprehensive benefits including health coverage, retirement matching, paid time off, parental leave, and more. This role is based in Herndon, Virginia, with a listed base salary of 129,800 USD annually, plus sign-on payments and restricted stock units.

last updated 33 week of 2026