Cloud Systems Engineer — Scale & Security (TS/SCI)

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

RSUs

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking an engineer to design, develop, and operate cloud-scale systems for highly secure environments. You will work on air-gapped deployments, automation, and cross-partition orchestration, delivering scalable solutions with a focus on reliability and security.

The role requires a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph or commensurate clearance. Expect collaboration with top engineers, deep technical challenges, and opportunities to grow within AWS AIS in Seattle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or CSSLP certification and professional software development experience.
• 2+ years non-internship software development experience.
• 1+ years designing/architecting systems (design patterns, reliability, scaling).
• Experience programming in modern languages (C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby).
• 4+ years in networking, storage, OS, and hands-on systems engineering.
• Current Top Secret with SCI clearance or above.

Responsibilities

• Review deployment health across regions and on-call handoffs.
• Participate in code reviews for cross-partition automation fixes.
• Design and deploy ASBX service capability for air-gapped environments.
• Troubleshoot deployment pipelines from orchestration to config.

Skills

C++

C#

Java

Python

Golang

PowerShell

Ruby

Education

Bachelor's degree, or CSSLP

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking an engineer to design, develop, and operate cloud-scale systems for highly secure environments. You will work on air-gapped deployments, automation, and cross-partition orchestration, delivering scalable solutions with a focus on reliability and security.

The role requires a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph or commensurate clearance. Expect collaboration with top engineers, deep technical challenges, and opportunities to grow within AWS AIS in Seattle.