Systems Development Engineer, Faraday

Description

Application deadline: Dec 12, 2025

The AWS Region Services team is hiring a cleared Systems Development Engineer to support cloud security services for the U.S. Intelligence Community. Our team is tasked with protecting the AWS infrastructure that is used by our National Security customers. Join our mission to help lead, deploy, and support the security systems that raise the security bar for the U.S. Government!

The Faraday team supports customer-facing security services in Amazon Dedicated Cloud (ADC) regions, including GuardDuty, Security Hub, Inspector, Security Lake, Detective, and Macie.

As a Systems Development Engineer on our team, you'll use AI tooling and your coding skills to automate the delivery and operations of security services at scale.

If you thrive in operating complex systems and resolving the hardest problems, please apply! We're not looking for hands or button pressers -- we're looking for motivated individuals to create solutions.

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.

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Key job responsibilities

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  Operate within the team of peer engineers with lots of personal autonomy to solve complex systems engineering problems through innovative approaches.

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  Provide guidance on system architecture and recommend solutions in alignment with systems engineering best practices.

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  Calmly and quickly diagnose and fix critical system failures in high pressure situations to reduce Mean Time to Resolve (MTTR).

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  Engineer Operational Improvements to reduce operational efforts to Keep the Lights On.

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  Troubleshoot unknown-unknown problems into known-known root causes using your holistic knowledge of systems to break the problem down and isolate the cause(s); then drive them to resolution

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About the team

Why AWS

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Inclusive Team Culture

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Basic Qualifications

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  3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience

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  Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, Rust

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  Experience with Linux/Unix

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  Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes

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  Current, active US Government Security Clearance of Top Secret with SCI eligibility or above

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Preferred Qualifications

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  Experience with distributed systems at scale

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  Experience in automating, deploying, and supporting large-scale infrastructure

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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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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The Colorado base pay for this position ranges from $129,200/year up to $174,800/year. The National base pay for this position ranges from $116,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $201,200/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit . This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.