Cloud Systems Engineer for Government Scale (TS/SCI)

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

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. is seeking a top engineering professional to join a team responsible for expanding compute services for government customers.

The role requires handling development, operations, networking and systems engineering at scale, with an active TS/SCI clearance and polygraph eligibility. You will design and build scalable infrastructure in a fast-paced, Agile/DevOps environment, contributing to government cloud solutions and customer success at scale.

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.
• 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

• Design and build the operational scalability that sustains the platform's growth.
• Operate and engineer systems at a massive scale in a fast-paced environment.
• Measure success by the impact on the efficiency and effectiveness of government services.

Skills

Software development

Programming languages

Security clearance

Networking

Education

Bachelor's degree

CSSLP

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. is seeking a top engineering professional to join a team responsible for expanding compute services for government customers.

The role requires handling development, operations, networking and systems engineering at scale, with an active TS/SCI clearance and polygraph eligibility. You will design and build scalable infrastructure in a fast-paced, Agile/DevOps environment, contributing to government cloud solutions and customer success at scale.