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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Systems Development Engineer I - **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc. - **Location:** Arlington, VA, United States - **Experience:** Starter - **Salary:** $99,100.0 - $160,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Systems Engineering, C Sharp (Programming Language), C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Configuration Management, Computer Programming, Linux, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Domain Name System (DNS), Hypertext Transfer Protocols (HTTP), Python (Programming Language), Microsoft Security Essentials, Windows PowerShell, Systems Development Life Cycle, Reliability Engineering, Ansible, Ruby, Software Engineering, Multithreading, Transport Layer Security, Web Technologies, Puppet, Golang - **Published:** September 30, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.jobmonkeyjobs.com/career/28065602/Systems-Development-Engineer-I-Virginia-Arlington-7375 ## About the Role Associate's degree or above, or CND (Certified Network Defender) or GSEC (GIAC Security Essentials) - Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby - 1+ years of working in a Linux/Unix environment experience - Experience with automating and simplifying team development, test, and operations processes - Current, active US Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI with Polygraph Preferred Qualifications - 3+ years of programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby experience - 3+ years of cloud computing technologies experience - 3+ years of Linux/Unix systems experience - 3+ years of multithreaded, distributed development experience - Working knowledge of TCP/IP networking and core web technologies, such as DNS, HTTP, TLS/SSL certificates, and session and cookie handling - Working knowledge of configuration management systems, such as Puppet, Chef, Ansible, or related systems ## Description Application deadline: Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis Would you like to design, develop, and implement innovative cloud computing solutions and solve the world's most complex technical problems? Do you have a deep passion and desire to engineer and operate the world's largest cloud computing infrastructure to build a better world for future generations? This is an exciting opportunity to use the latest cloud computing technologies to help US government agencies implement innovative cloud computing solutions and solve technical problems. AWS established a specialized group of service teams responsible for the work we are doing with the US Intelligence Community. We are building some of the largest and most complex distributed systems in the world, and we need adaptable people to help us implement and operate them, and expand capabilities with the speed of relevance. You'd work with some of the best and brightest engineers in the industry, while also developing your skills and furthering your career within one of the most innovative and progressive technology companies anywhere. Amazon Web Services is seeking top industry technical experts to grow our team dedicated to expanding our Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) to government customers. We are seeking a talented engineer skilled in the art of integration who understands the Agile mindset and DevOps philosophies, yet is not constrained by how "things are usually done" and is willing to decompose and reinvent systems, processes, and tools. We're looking for a technical practitioner for one of the largest compute services on the planet; if you possess that rare mix of skills in Operations, Networking, and Systems Engineering, then we are waiting for your application. We are looking for smart, enthusiastic, and creative engineers with a solid background in solving hard problems that span the software development, systems engineering, and systems security disciplines. As a member of this team, you will be charged with identifying ways to improve the lives of our customers through improvements to tools, processes, and documentation. You will be a member of a team of highly motivated and talented systems developers and systems engineers improving the use of tools in both isolated AWS regions and in the AWS GovCloud regions. This position requires that the candidate selected must 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 As a member of this team, you will be charged with identifying ways to improve the lives of our customers through improvements to tools, processes, and documentation, while working alongside talented systems developers and systems engineers across isolated AWS regions and the AWS GovCloud regions. You will also be learning site reliability engineering fundamentals: recognizing toil, the manual, repetitive work that produces no lasting improvement, contributing code and automation that removes it, and coming to understand your systems' normal performance envelope well enough to tune alarms that catch real problems. A day in the life A day in the life Amazon has a fast-paced environment where we "Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History." On a "typical" day, engineers might deep dive to root cause a customer issue, investigate why a metric is trending the wrong way, consult with the top engineers at Amazon, or discuss radical new approaches to automate operational issues.