The System Development Engineer role within the Platform Engineering and Emerging Technologies (PEET) team focuses on designing, deploying, monitoring, and automating infrastructure for a new AWS service. This position is critical for providing a highly-available and resilient platform for both customer and team workloads. The role requires a candidate with a passion for cloud computing and the ability to solve complex technical problems. The team is dedicated to supporting U.S. Government agencies and building large-scale distributed systems.

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

• Design, deploy, monitor, and automate infrastructure, tools, and systems for a resilient platform.
• Participate in on-call responsibilities to ensure system fault tolerance and resolve issues.
• Collaborate with team members to address and resolve root causes of system alerts.
• Support the implementation of innovative cloud computing solutions for U.S. Government agencies.

• Employees at Amazon are often offered comprehensive health benefits—including multiple medical plan options (no pre-existing condition exclusions, 100% covered in-network preventive care), dental and vision plans, a 24/7 medical advice line from day one, expert second-opinion services, and broad mental-health support with several free counseling sessions (including pediatric). Financial wellness typically includes a 401(k) with company match (up to 2%), Restricted Stock Units (equity), FSAs, an emergency savings program, product and partner discounts, and even college-savings and home-purchase programs. Overall, the package is designed to support employees and their families’ health, finances, and day-to-day life.