System Development Engineer – Astra ADC (Air-Gapped)

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

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Arlington, VA is seeking a software engineer to design, build, and operate ASBX services across isolated regions.

You will work on deployment automation, testing infrastructure, and configuration management to enable thousands of builders to ship software at scale. The role emphasizes coding across languages, deep Linux and networking fundamentals, and experience with CI/CD, as well as operating in air-gapped environments.

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
• 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 Top Secret with SCI eligibility or above

Responsibilities

• Review deployment health across isolated regions.
• Deep in a code review for cross-partition automation fixes.
• Participate in design discussions to bring new ASBX service capability to air-gapped environments.
• Troubleshoot deployment pipeline issues and ship fixes before end of day

Skills

Linux fundamentals

Networking fundamentals

C++, Java, Python

CI/CD practices

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's degree or CSSLP

Tools

PowerShell

Python

Ruby

Java

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Arlington, VA is seeking a software engineer to design, build, and operate ASBX services across isolated regions.

You will work on deployment automation, testing infrastructure, and configuration management to enable thousands of builders to ship software at scale. The role emphasizes coding across languages, deep Linux and networking fundamentals, and experience with CI/CD, as well as operating in air-gapped environments.