Systems Development Engineer II, US Amazon Dedicated Cloud Security Engineering

AWS Security is looking for a driven Systems Development Engineer to build and maintain the automation that enables security assurance at scale. You will work among a larger team to prototype and productize Generative AI-enabled security tooling, continuous-monitoring systems, and evidence pipelines that sustain a valid Authorization to Operate (ATO).

As a SysDev, you will own the health, security, and automation of this critical capability, producing infrastructure as code and robust operational monitoring that scales with our growing infrastructure and minimizes manual effort. You will build extensible tooling that delights internal customers, and make sure the entire deployment process is performant, automated, and well tested to keep development iteration fast and unhindered by operational misses.

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

Key job responsibilities

• Design and build security assurance automation: continuous-monitoring systems and evidence pipelines that sustain the ATO.

• Turn prototypes into production, including producing infrastructure as code (IaC) and automated deployment and configuration management.

• Create operational monitoring and alerting that scales with the infrastructure.

• Automate routine tasks so the team stays quick and agile, and keep the deployment process performant, automated, and well tested.

• Partner with internal customers to understand operational challenges and deliver solutions, often requiring deep technical expertise.

A day in the life

On a typical day, you dive into the security assurance evidence pipeline: you'll work within a Scrum to automate a control-evidence collection step that engineers were doing by hand, then push it through CI/CD so it is tested and repeatable. You extend a continuous-monitoring check, wire its output into the organization's alerting. Midday, you meet with internal customers to understand security assurance pain points and scope tooling to solve it. By afternoon, you are inspecting health metrics, and finding operational bottlenecks to remove.

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.

Basic Qualifications

• 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 1+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• 4+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering experience
• Bachelor's degree, or CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional)
• Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (networking, storage, operating systems)
• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, Rust
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes
• Current, active US Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI with Polygraph.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AWS platforms, services, and design patterns
• Experience in AI-assisted or agentic coding practices

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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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, VA, Herndon - 129,200.00 - 174,800.00 USD annually