Secure Cloud Systems Engineer (TS/SCI)

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Denver (CO); On-site; USD 99,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

RSUs and stock units

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Systems Development Engineer I to own and advance mission-critical services in our Amazon Dedicated Clouds (ADC). This role focuses on designing, building, and operating resilient, high-performance systems for government customers in air-gapped environments.

You will collaborate with senior engineers, learn cloud technologies, and contribute to automation, on-call rotation, and incident analysis while growing toward greater autonomy.

Qualifications

• Experience automating, deploying, and supporting infrastructure.
• Experience programming with at least one modern language (Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, Rust).
• Experience with Linux/Unix environments.
• 1+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering.
• 1+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 1+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems.
• Current, active US Government Security Clearance of Top Secret with SCI eligibility or above.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design and delivery of technology solutions that improve resilience, performance, and operational efficiency of our systems.
• Work on well-defined components, applications, and technology solutions with guidance from senior engineers, while growing toward greater autonomy.
• Identify and escalate ambiguous problems and architectural deficiencies, contributing to solutions under the direction of more experienced team members.
• Participate in design, scoping, and prioritization discussions, learning to make technical trade-offs and understand costs of proposed solutions.
• Participate in reviews of architecture, design, operations, and post-incident analysis for your team.
• Troubleshoot problems by researching root causes and thoroughly resolving defects, seeking help when needed.
• Participate in an on-call rotation to support mission-critical services.

Skills

Infrastructure automation

Programming languages

Linux/Unix

Networking & OS admin

Software development

System design & architecture

Security clearance TS/SCI

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a Systems Development Engineer I to own and advance mission-critical services in our Amazon Dedicated Clouds (ADC). This role focuses on designing, building, and operating resilient, high-performance systems for government customers in air-gapped environments.

You will collaborate with senior engineers, learn cloud technologies, and contribute to automation, on-call rotation, and incident analysis while growing toward greater autonomy.