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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Software Development Engineer, AWS Edge Connectivity - **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc. - **Location:** Arlington, VA, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $143,700.0 - $194,400.0 - **Contract:** Internship / Graduate position - **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Border Gateway Protocol, Cloud Computing, Computer Programming, Databases, Distributed Systems, Ethernet, Fault Tolerance, Internet Protocol Security (IP SEC), Wireless Security, Network Protocols, Scrum Methodology, Productivity Software, Cloud Services, Software Engineering, TCP/IP, Wide Area Networks, Cloud Platform System, Software Security, Information Technology, Build Process, Software Coding, Software Version Control, Programming Languages - **Published:** May 19, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=17a5f2feb9dc64dc ## About the Role * 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience * 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience * Bachelor's degree, or CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional) * Experience programming with at least one software programming language * Experience with networking protocols (TCP/IP, BGP, IPSec), * Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent * 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience * Experience with network Layer2/3 encryption(HAIPE/Ethernet Data Encryption(EDE)) * Current, active US Government Security Clearance of Top Secret or above ## Description AWS Edge Connectivity service enables AWS Cloud connectivity options for US Intelligence and Department of Defense customers. These connectivity options allow our customer to deploy and run their isolated, sensitive workloads in an environment exclusive for their use-case. We help our customers to onboard, manage, and scale their connectivity options for maintaining persistent connection to AWS Isolated cloud. In this role, you will build network pathways with which customers connect to Amazon's Dedicated Cloud partitions. You'll architect and implement software security protocols across Wide Area Networks (WANs), ensuring seamless and secure access to dedicated cloud environments. By developing sophisticated control and dataplane systems, you'll protect critical customer connections flowing through Amazon's global network of datacenters. You'll leverage the AWS ecosystem and integrate with third-party solutions to create secure pathways that meet our customers' stringent security requirements. Working alongside technology experts across Amazon, you'll define the next generation of dedicated cloud connectivity, setting new standards for enterprise-grade security. Your expertise in network encryption and software development will directly impact how how AWS customers access their mission-critical cloud infrastructure. The candidate selected must be a US Citizen and obtain and maintain a security clearance at the TS/SCI with polygraph level. Upon start, the selected candidate will be sponsored for a commensurate clearance for each government agency for which they perform AWS work., * Collaborate with cross-disciplinary Amazonians to design, build, and implement cloud based services for managing encrypted network connections * Build distributed systems that are scalable, fault-tolerant, low cost, with ease of management and use. * Influence product direction through data-backed technical insights and framing solutions in terms of business impact. * Mentor your teammates, helping to grow and develop their technical and operational skills * Participate in oncall rotation in support of our services A day in the life Our team follows the Agile development methodology. Team members participate in daily stand-ups and weekly sprint planning and backlog grooming sessions. We conduct annual program planning and quarterly prioritization meetings to align tasks with organizational goals. Developers, Program Management (PM) team, and Single-Threaded Owners (STOs) collaborate to define and execute these tasks. Each developer serves as on-call support approximately four times per year to maintain our service availability target. About the team Why AWS Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating - that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses. Utility Computing (UC) AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations - from foundational services such as Amazon's Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS's services and features apart in the industry. 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