Software Development Engineer, US ADC Security

About the role

AWS Security is seeking a driven professional to join the 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.

Responsibilities

• 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

Requirements

• 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

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

Benefits

This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen and currently possess and maintain an active Top Secret security clearance. Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.