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clearanceHerndon, VA3 days ago

$143,700 per year

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Software DevelopersComputer Systems Engineers/ArchitectsInformation Security Engineers

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Computer Systems Design ServicesSoftware PublishersCustom Computer Programming Services
Job TitleAWS Security Software Development Engineer LocationHerndon, VASecurity Clearance Top Secret Polygraph Salary$143,700 - $194,400
Job Description: AWS Security is looking for a driven professional to join its US ADC Security Engineering team to support the development of tools and automation for Amazon Dedicated Clouds (ADCs) and Cleared Programs. As a Software Development Engineer (SDE), you'll own the development, operations, and overall health and security of the critical services we support, providing excellent customer service to our partners in a classified environment.
In this role you will:
  • Own integrations with enterprise and commodity hardware through proprietary and open source protocols
  • Build extensible management tooling that delights customers
  • Produce infrastructure as code and robust operational monitoring that scales with our growing infrastructure
  • Keep the deployment process performant, automated, and well tested so development stays fast
  • Design and develop high-availability distributed software with an emphasis on security, scalability, and fault tolerance
  • Build and integrate custom APIs and middleware for security system integration
  • Develop automation frameworks for infrastructure as code (IaC) deployment and configuration management
  • Build monitoring and alerting systems to track the health and security of our services
  • Implement secure communication and authentication between distributed systems
  • Contribute to technical design reviews and security architecture discussions
  • Write high-quality, maintainable code and perform peer code reviews
  • Partner with internal customers to understand operational challenges and deliver solutions
A day in the life You'll spend your day building and operating the tools and automation that support ADC Security Engineering. Expect hands-on coding, peer code reviews, and diving into distributed systems to improve security, scalability, and reliability. You'll develop infrastructure as code, build monitoring and alerting to keep our services healthy, and automate routine operational work so the team stays fast and agile. You'll also partner directly with internal customers to understand their operational challenges and deliver practical solutions in a classified environment.
About the Team: The AWS US ADC Security Engineering team builds and provides operational support for the internal tools that Security Engineers rely on across the Amazon Dedicated Cloud space. We work in a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary environment, collaborating with other AWS teams to deliver services for our customers, and we care deeply about security, customer experience, and operational excellence. 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 GrowthWe'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.
Basic Qualifications:
  • 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
  • Current, active US Government Security Clearance of Top Secret or above
Preferred Qualifications: Experience in automation or monitoring frameworks, deployment or development 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience Experience with infrastructure as code, ops automation, and configuration management tools such as Chef, Puppet, or Ansible Amazon is an Equal Opportunity Employer 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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Level

LeadL6

Salary

$143,700 per year

Location

Herndon, VA

Occupation

Software Developers

Industry

Computer Systems Design Services

Posted

3 days ago

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