Cloud Systems Engineer, Astra ADC (AWS) - TS/SCI

Amazon Inc.; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. in Herndon, VA is seeking a Software Engineer to join the Astra ADC team.

You will help operate ASBX services across isolated environments, drive deployment parity, and build automation for secure, scalable cloud builder tooling. You will work on one of the most secure and innovative platforms, requiring strong Linux/networking fundamentals and proficiency in modern programming languages.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional)
• 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 1+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• 4+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering experience
• Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (networking, storage, operating systems)
• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby
• Current, active US Government Security Clearance of Top Secret with SCI eligibility or above

Responsibilities

• Operate services at scale in air-gapped environments where standard commercial tooling doesn't exist
• Drive cross-partition deployment parity
• Build automation that keeps Amazon's most sensitive workloads shipping safely
• Dive deep into complex distributed systems issues and improve the builder experience

Education

Bachelor's degree

CSSLP

2+ years software development experience

1+ years architecture/design experience

4+ years networking/storage/OS experience

Experience programming in C++

Experience programming in C#

Experience programming in Java

Experience programming in Python

Experience programming in Golang

Experience programming in PowerShell

Experience programming in Ruby

US Government Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility or above

Tools

PowerShell

Python

Ruby

Java

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. in Herndon, VA is seeking a Software Engineer to join the Astra ADC team.

You will help operate ASBX services across isolated environments, drive deployment parity, and build automation for secure, scalable cloud builder tooling. You will work on one of the most secure and innovative platforms, requiring strong Linux/networking fundamentals and proficiency in modern programming languages.