System Development Engineer, Policy & Access Control Engineering (PACE)

Amazon

Austin (TX)

On-site

USD 129,000 - 175,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon in Austin, TX seeks a System Development Engineer for the Policy & Access Control Engineering (PACE) team. You will design and maintain systems that generate and deploy ACL information to network devices, ensuring high availability and scalability to meet strict SLAs.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align on security guidelines, address technical debt, and optimize performance while balancing availability and cost in a large-scale distributed environment.

Qualifications

Experience automating and supporting large-scale infrastructure.
Proficient in at least one modern language (Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, Rust).
Strong Linux/Unix experience.
Experience with CI/CD build processes.
3+ years of designing or architecting scalable systems.

Responsibilities

Identify business problems, gather data, propose solutions, and lead implementation.
Lead development and maintenance of systems that generate and deploy ACL information to network devices with high availability.
Partner with cross-functional teams to align on requirements, security guidelines, and best practices for ACL management.
Proactively identify and address technical debt, architectural limitations, and performance bottlenecks.
Ensure robust monitoring, alerting, and troubleshooting for ACL management systems.
Consider availability, operations, maintenance, and cost.
Design the complete solution stack and deliver through others.

Skills

Automation of large-scale infra

Programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Java,

Linux/Unix proficiency

CI/CD pipelines

System design & architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AWS services

Job description

System Development Engineer, Policy & Access Control Engineering (PACE)

Job ID: 10547430 | Amazon.com Services LLC

The Policy & Access Control Engineering (PACE) team, under Operations Infrastructure Services (OIS) organization is looking for an experienced System Development Engineer to join team in Austin. The PACE team provides network security solutions to Amazon fulfillment centers (FCs) using Access Control Lists (ACLs) deployed on on premise firewall as well as cloud firewall devices. ACLs act as a gatekeeper, allowing or blocking network traffic flow in and out of FCs based on predefined rules. Changes in the underlying infrastructure necessitate updates in deployed ACLs to ensure seamless operation of FC solutions. To maintain the right security posture while enabling FC solutions to get network connectivity within defined Service Level Agreements (SLA), the PACE team focuses on two aspects: 1) ACL Freshness: the frequency with which ACLs are deployed to network devices, 2) ACL effectiveness: determines if the ACLs defined by the FC solutions using OIS tools are used effectively and are not adding unnecessary complexity to the OIS network.

Key job responsibilities

Identify business problems, gathers data, proposes solutions and leads implementation.
Lead the development and maintenance of systems accountable for generating and deploying ACLs information to network devices. These systems must ensure high availability, scalability, and performance to meet stringent SLAs for ACL freshness and effectiveness.
Partner closely with cross-functional teams to align on requirements, security guidelines, and best practices for ACL management and network security.
Proactively identify and address technical debt, architectural limitations, and performance bottlenecks, proposing and implementing refactoring and optimization strategies to improve the systems' efficiency and maintainability.
Ensure robust monitoring, alerting, and troubleshooting mechanisms are in place for the ACL management systems.
Give careful consideration of availability, operations, maintenance, and cost.
Exercise high judgement, skepticism, and scrutiny of requests to ensure that changes do not lead to unsupportable systems, non-compliance, security vulnerabilities or detrimental impact.
Design the complete solution stack and delivers through others.

A day in the life

Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include: 1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options
3. Paid Time Off (PTO)
4. 401(k) Plan

About the team

The Policy & Access Control Engineering (PACE) team builds software that translates network security intent into enforceable policy, validates every change before deployment, and deploys across 2,300+ sites. In 2026, the team delivered three production capabilities: Cloud Firewall enforcement for internet-bound traffic; zone-based ACL generation, deployed to two greenfield site types with an 89% reduction in ACL rule count; and event-based deployment prioritization, reducing solution onboarding time from 7 days to 2.

Basic Qualifications

Experience in automating, deploying, and supporting large-scale infrastructure
Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, Rust
Experience with Linux/Unix
Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes
3+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with distributed systems at scale
Bachelor's degree
Experience building services using AWS products

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with distributed systems at scale
Bachelor's degree
Experience building services using AWS products

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .

USA, TX, Austin - 129,200.00 - 174,800.00 USD annually

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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