System Development Engineer, Astra ADC - Air-Gapped

Amazon Inc.; Herndon (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 develop, deploy, and operate services that maintain parity and security across isolated regions. You will work on air-gapped environments, drive automation, and address cross-partition challenges, shipping reliable software for Amazon builders.

The role emphasizes deep systems engineering, large-scale distributed workloads, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to improve the builder experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or CSSLP in secure software lifecycle.
• 2+ years of non-internship software development experience.
• 1+ years of designing or architecting distributed systems.
• 4+ years of admin in networking, storage, OS, and hands-on systems engineering.
• Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals.
• Experience programming in C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell or Ruby.
• Current TS/SCI clearance or higher with SCI eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Develop, deploy, and operate software in air-gapped environments.
• Drive cross-partition deployment parity and automation.
• Troubleshoot deployment pipelines and contribute to design discussions.
• Collaborate with AWS AIS and cross-team engineers.

Skills

Programming languages (C++, C#, Java,

Linux & Networking fundamentals

Security clearance TS/SCI eligibility

CI/CD & deployment automation

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's degree or CSSLP (Secure Software Lifecycle)

Tools

PowerShell

Python

Ruby

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Arlington, VA is seeking a software engineer to develop, deploy, and operate services that maintain parity and security across isolated regions. You will work on air-gapped environments, drive automation, and address cross-partition challenges, shipping reliable software for Amazon builders.

The role emphasizes deep systems engineering, large-scale distributed workloads, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to improve the builder experience.