Systems Development Manager, Security Tooling, US ADC Security

Amazon; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon AWS Security is seeking a Systems Development Manager to lead a team of systems development engineers who run the infrastructure and automation behind security tooling for a U.S. Government program in a classified environment.

You will own your team's infrastructure and operations roadmap, including infrastructure as code, deployment pipelines, monitoring, and system health. This role requires that the candidate be a US Citizen with an active TS/SCI security clearance.

Qualifications

• Candidate must be a US citizen with an active TS/SCI clearance.
• Experience leading a team of systems development engineers.
• Experience owning infrastructure and operations roadmaps, including infrastructure as code, pipelines, and monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Lead, hire, and develop a team of systems development engineers, and set clear goals and performance expectations.
• Own the infrastructure and operations roadmap for security tooling, from design through deployment and sustainment.
• Drive automation of infrastructure as code, configuration management, and deployment to reduce manual operational work.
• Set operational excellence standards, including availability and health metrics, monitoring, alerting, and on-call health.
• Partner with software development, security engineering, TPM, and Government stakeholders to prioritize work and remove blockers.
• Report operational performance, risks, and results clearly to senior leadership.

Skills

Leadership

Hiring

Systems development

Infrastructure as code

Deployment pipelines

Monitoring

Automation

Cloud security

Job description

AWS Security is looking for a Systems Development Manager to lead a team of systems development engineers who run the infrastructure and automation behind security tooling for a U.S. Government program in a classified environment. Your team will keep these systems secure, available, and scalable, and will automate operations so the security organization can move faster.

You will own your team's infrastructure and operations roadmap, including infrastructure as code, deployment pipelines, monitoring, and system health. You'll work with software development, security engineering, program management, and Government counterparts to set priorities and deliver results. You will hire and develop strong engineers and build a culture of ownership, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.

This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen and must currently possess and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance.

Key job responsibilities

• Lead, hire, and develop a team of systems development engineers, and set clear goals and performance expectations.
• Own the infrastructure and operations roadmap for security tooling, from design through deployment and sustainment.
• Drive automation of infrastructure as code, configuration management, and deployment to reduce manual operational work.
• Set operational excellence standards, including availability and health metrics, monitoring, alerting, and on-call health.
• Partner with software development, security engineering, TPM, and Government stakeholders to prioritize work and remove blockers.
• Report operational performance, risks, and results clearly to senior leadership.

A day in the life

You start by reviewing overnight availability and health metrics with your team, then help an engineer through an infrastructure issue that's blocking a deployment. Mid-morning, you lead a design review for an automation change that will remove a manual maintenance task, and push the team to make it simpler and more reliable. You meet with the software development manager to line up infrastructure work with upcoming tooling releases. In the afternoon, you coach an engineer one-on-one, interview a candidate, and brief leadership on operational risk. Your team keeps critical security systems running on a classified program.

About the team

Diverse Experiences

Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why Amazon Security?

At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon’s products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.

Inclusive Team Culture

In Amazon Security, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.

Training & Career Growth

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.