Security Tooling Systems Manager—Automation & Infra

VulnU; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

Retirement match

Equity

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Amazon Security in Herndon, Virginia, seeks a Systems Development Manager to lead a team of engineers delivering security tooling infra. You will own the infrastructure and operations roadmap, drive automation, and align with software, security, TPM, and government partners.

You will hire, coach, and develop engineers while maintaining high operational excellence on a classified program. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to prioritize work, ensure availability, and report risks to

Qualifications

• 7+ years working directly with engineering teams.
• Experience automating, deploying, and supporting large-scale infrastructure.
• Experience with infrastructure as code, ops automation, and configuration management tools.
• Current, active US Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI.
• Experience with AWS products and services.

Responsibilities

• Lead, hire, and develop a team of systems development engineers, and set clear goals and performance expectations.
• Own the infrastructure and operations roadmap for security tooling, from design through deployment and sustainment.
• Drive automation of infrastructure as code, configuration management, and deployment to reduce manual operational work.
• Set operational excellence standards, including availability and health metrics, monitoring, alerting, and on-call health.
• Partner with software development, security engineering, TPM, and Government stakeholders to prioritize work and remove blockers.
• Report operational performance, risks, and results clearly to senior leadership.

Skills

Team leadership

Engineering collaboration

Security tooling

Automation mindset

Infrastructure as code

Ops automation

Configuration management

AWS knowledge

Security infrastructure

Education

Bachelor's degree

CSSLP

Tools

Chef

Puppet

Ansible

Job description

Amazon Security in Herndon, Virginia, seeks a Systems Development Manager to lead a team of engineers delivering security tooling infra. You will own the infrastructure and operations roadmap, drive automation, and align with software, security, TPM, and government partners.

You will hire, coach, and develop engineers while maintaining high operational excellence on a classified program. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to prioritize work, ensure availability, and report risks to