System Development Engineer, AWS — TS/SCI Cleared

Amazon Inc.; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 99,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Denver seeks a System Development Engineer to build, scale, and operate critical services for AWS government partitions. You will join a distributed team that values autonomy, ownership, and deep technical skills.

Responsibilities include designing automation, reducing manual region-launch tasks, debugging latency, and collaborating across teams. You will contribute to CI/CD, monitoring, and incident response while pursuing security clearance sponsorship.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher is preferred but not required; relevant certifications accepted.
• Proficiency in at least one modern language (C++, Java, Python, etc.).
• Experience with automation tools and constructing reliable pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate critical services for AWS government partitions.
• Identify latency issues and implement fixes across service boundaries.
• Develop automation to reduce manual region-launch tasks from hours to minutes.
• Collaborate across teams on architecture reviews and CI/CD improvements.

Skills

C++

Java

Python

C#

Golang

PowerShell

Ruby

Education

Associate degree or higher

GSEC Certification

CND Certification

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Monitoring tools

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Denver seeks a System Development Engineer to build, scale, and operate critical services for AWS government partitions. You will join a distributed team that values autonomy, ownership, and deep technical skills.

Responsibilities include designing automation, reducing manual region-launch tasks, debugging latency, and collaborating across teams. You will contribute to CI/CD, monitoring, and incident response while pursuing security clearance sponsorship.