Senior System Development Engineer — Cloud Platform

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) in Arlington, VA is seeking a System Development Engineer to design, implement, and deploy scalable software components for government-focused cloud services. You will work with Linux-based systems, leverage Java, Python, and C++ to solve complex challenges for critical customers, and participate in cross-team efforts to ensure secure, reliable software delivery.

The role requires a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph and involves collaboration in an agile environment with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, or CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional)
• 3+ 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
• 3+ 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 TS/SCI with Polygraph

Responsibilities

• You design, implement, and deploy software components and features. You solve difficult problems generating positive feedback.
• You have a solid understanding of design approaches (and how to best use them).
• You are able to work independently and with your team to deliver software successfully.
• Your work is consistently of a high quality (e.g., secure, testable, maintainable, low-defects, efficient, etc.) and incorporates best practices. Your team trusts your work.
• Your code reviews tend to be rapid and uneventful. You provide useful code reviews for changes submitted by others.
• You focus on operational excellence, constructively identifying problems and proposing solutions, taking on projects that improve your team’s software, making it better and easier to maintain.
• You make improvements to your team’s development and testing processes.
• You have established good working relationships with peers. You recognize discordant views and take part in constructive dialogue to resolve them.
• You are able to confidently train new team-mates about your customers, what your team’s software does, how it is constructed, tested, operates, and how it fits into the bigger picture.

Skills

C++

Java

Python

PowerShell

Linux

Networking

Education

Bachelor's degree or CSSLP

Tools

PowerShell

Python

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) in Arlington, VA is seeking a System Development Engineer to design, implement, and deploy scalable software components for government-focused cloud services. You will work with Linux-based systems, leverage Java, Python, and C++ to solve complex challenges for critical customers, and participate in cross-team efforts to ensure secure, reliable software delivery.

The role requires a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph and involves collaboration in an agile environment with