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System Development Engineer, Astra ADC

Amazon· Systems, Quality, & Security Engineering
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Jessup, MD, Seattle, WAFull-timePosted yesterday

About the role

Design, develop, and operate cloud computing solutions for AWS Astra ADC in air-gapped environments, focusing on large-scale distributed systems for the US Intelligence Community. Role involves building deployment automation, cross-partition orchestration, and operational tooling, with security clearances and work across isolated regions.

Responsibilities

  • Operate services at scale in air-gapped environments where standard commercial tooling doesn't exist
  • Drive cross-partition deployment parity
  • Build automation that keeps AWS workloads shipping safely
  • Dive deep into complex distributed systems issues and improve the builder experience
  • Review deployment health across isolated regions and participate in code reviews and design discussions
  • Troubleshoot deployment pipelines and implement fixes end-to-end

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree, or CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional)
  • 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
  • 1+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
  • Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby
  • 4+ years of administrative experience in networking, storage systems, operating systems and hands-on systems engineering experience
  • Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (networking, storage, operating systems)
  • Current, active US Government Security Clearance of Top Secret with SCI eligibility or above

Skills

Required:LinuxNetworkingProgrammingCI/CDSecurity clearance

Benefits

  • Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription)
  • Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans
  • EAP, Mental Health Support
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
  • 401(k) matching
  • paid time off
  • parental leave
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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