Systems Development Engineer II, AWS Edge Connectivity

Amazon; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 129,200 - 174,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Systems Development Engineer II in Arlington, VA to design and implement systems for AWS Edge Connectivity. This role demands strong problem-solving as you will build automation frameworks and tools for efficient service deployment across multiple regions. The ideal candidate possesses 3+ years in software development, systems engineering expertise, and an active TS/SCI security clearance. Benefits include health insurance and 401(k) matching, with a competitive salary range between $129,200 and $174,800 annually.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of experience designing or architecting systems for reliability and scaling.
• Current TS/SCI Security Clearance with Polygraph.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement systems automation and infrastructure as code.
• Build operational tooling and monitoring systems for service management.
• Mentor teammates on best practices and automation techniques.

Skills

Software development

Networking

Systems engineering

Python

C++

AWS products

Education

Bachelor's degree or CSSLP

Job description

We help our customers to onboard, manage, and scale their connectivity options for maintaining persistent connection to the AWS Isolated cloud.

AWS Edge Connectivity is seeking a Systems Development Engineer II to design and implement systems that ensure operational excellence, reliability, and scalability of mission-critical network services for US government customers.

In this role, you will design and implement systems that ensure operational excellence, reliability, and scalability of the AWS Edge Connectivity service infrastructure. You'll develop automation frameworks and tools that enable efficient service deployment, monitoring, and management across multiple regions and availability zones. Your expertise in systems integration, DevOps practices, and site reliability engineering will directly impact how AWS delivers mission‑critical network services to government customers.

You will collaborate with cross‑functional teams to architect resilient systems, automate operational workflows, and establish best practices for service reliability. By building sophisticated automation and monitoring systems, you'll ensure that critical customer connections maintain the highest standards of availability and performance. Your work will span infrastructure provisioning, deployment automation, operational tooling, and service observability.

Location: Arlington, VA

This position requires that the candidate selected must be a US Citizen and currently possess and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance. The position further requires that, after start, the selected candidate obtain and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph or commensurate clearance for each government agency for which they perform AWS work.

Key job responsibilities

• Design and implement systems automation, infrastructure‑as‑code, and deployment pipelines for AWS Edge Connectivity services across multiple regions
• Build operational tooling and monitoring systems that enable efficient service management, troubleshooting, and incident response
• Architect and develop site reliability engineering (SRE) practices, including runbooks, alerting strategies, and automated remediation systems
• Collaborate with cross‑disciplinary teams to integrate AWS Edge Connectivity systems with AWS infrastructure, third‑party solutions, and government customer environments
• Establish and maintain operational standards for service availability, performance, and security; drive continuous improvement through metrics and data analysis
• Mentor teammates on systems engineering best practices, operational excellence, and automation techniques
• Participate in on call rotation in support of our services, providing technical leadership during incidents

A day in the life

Our team follows an Agile development methodology with a strong emphasis on operational excellence. Team members participate in daily stand‑ups and biweekly sprint planning sessions focused on automation, infrastructure improvements, and reliability initiatives. We conduct weekly reviews of operational metrics and reliability targets to align systems engineering efforts with organizational goals. Systems Development Engineers, Program Management (PM) teams, and Single‑Threaded Owners (STOs) collaborate to define and execute infrastructure and automation projects. Each engineer serves as on‑call support approximately between four to eight weeks per year to maintain our service availability targets and respond to operational incidents.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience
• 3+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands‑on systems engineering experience
• 2+ years of designing or architecting new and existing systems (design patterns, reliability and scaling)
• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, or CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional)
• 6+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands‑on systems engineering experience
• Experience building services using AWS products
• Experience utilizing AWS cloud solutions in a DevOps environment

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

We also provide comprehensive benefits, including health insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. The base salary range for this position is $129,200.00 – $174,800.00 USD annually at the Arlington, VA location and the same range at the Herndon, VA location.