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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Systems Development Engineer, RSCI Collaborative... - **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc. - **Location:** Herndon, VA, United States - **Salary:** $129,200.0 - $174,800.0 - **Contract:** Internship / Graduate position - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Microsoft Windows, Adobe InDesign, Amazon Web Services, Systems Engineering, Build Automation, C Sharp (Programming Language), C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Code Review, Computer Programming, Data Centers, Software Design Patterns, Linux, Amazon DynamoDB, Python (Programming Language), Windows PowerShell, Scrum Methodology, Systems Development Life Cycle, Ruby, Software Engineering, Rust (Programming Language), Software Security, Cloudformation, Deployment Automation, AWS Fargate, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Serverless Computing, Golang - **Published:** June 18, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/00000000g9qsjg ## About the Role This position requires that the candidate selected must currently possess and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph. The position further requires the candidate to opt into a commensurate clearance for each government agency for which they perform AWS work., 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 - Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby - Bachelor's degree, or CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional) - 2+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering experience - Current, active US Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI with Polygraph Preferred Qualifications - Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, Rust - Experience working in an Agile environment using the Scrum methodology ## Description Do you have a passion for operating enterprise infrastructure that enables thousands of builders to accomplish their mission in secure, air-gapped environments? Would you like to be the engineer that keeps critical communication and authentication services running across Amazon Dedicated Cloud regions?, Design, build, and maintain serverless and containerized systems (Lambda, Elastic Container Service (ECS) Fargate, DynamoDB, Simple Queue Service (SQS), EventBridge) deployed across multiple isolated AWS partitions - Write and maintain infrastructure as code (Cloud Development Kit (CDK)/CloudFormation) for multi-region deployments - Own CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation across multiple isolated regions - Build monitoring, alarming, and observability tooling for service health across air-gapped boundaries - Write Python and PowerShell to automate operational processes and integrate systems - Participate in design reviews, code reviews, Operational Readiness Review (ORR)s - Coach teammates on engineering best practices and operational excellence - Provide on-call support A day in the life Our mission is to deliver robust, highly available, and easy to use services to our internal customers in support of the Amazon Dedicated Cloud for U.S. Government customers. We are looking for a motivated engineer to deliver results for our customers. This is a hands-on position where your daily role will design, build, and ship code that improves service reliability, automates manual processes, and delivers new capabilities across air-gapped regions. On a typical day you might troubleshoot a Diode transfer failure blocking artifact delivery to a region, build a new Lambda function to automate a manual AD provisioning step, improve CDK infrastructure for a multi-partition deployment, build automation to improve and develop Windows enterprise services, or investigate why event notifications aren't reaching the right teams. You will have a strong and diverse technical background spanning Linux systems, Python development, PowerShell scripting, and AWS services. You must be a "lifelong learner", embracing rapid innovations in technology and understanding how to leverage them to improve our products. A successful SysDE will drive engineering excellence, eliminate toil through automation, and improve the resiliency of services that the broader RSCI team depends on. 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