System Development Engineer, ADC - RAPP; Route 53 and Perimeter Protection; AWS

System Development Engineer, ADC - RAPP (Route 53 and Perimeter Protection)

Final date to receive applications:
Jul 21, 2026

Would you like to implement innovative cloud computing solutions and solve the world's most complex technical problems? Do you have a deep passion and desire to engineer and operate the world's largest cloud computing infrastructure to build a better world for future generations?

This is an exciting opportunity to use the latest cloud computing technologies to help U.S. Government agencies implement innovative cloud computing solutions and solve technical problems.

AWS established a specialized group of service teams responsible for the work we are doing with the U.S. Intelligence Community. We are building some of the largest and most complex distributed systems in the world, and we need adaptable people to help us implement and operate them.

The AWS RAPP (Route 53 and Perimeter Protection) ADC team seeks highly motivated engineers who are focused on operational excellence, troubleshooting complex system operations, and have a good understanding of Linux, networking, and general knowledge of cloud services. We also look for engineers who can use their software knowledge to automate the way we manage and scale our services, and who can think big to simplify complex problems while ensuring customers continue to have the best possible experience.

• Ensure Route 53 and Perimeter Protection services offer customers a 100% uptime SLA.
• Deploy software, troubleshoot failures, and minimize human involvement through automation such as infrastructure‑as‑code and operator tools.
• Take a defined project, break it down into milestones, and establish feedback mechanisms.
• Identify when implementations lack high availability or have defects, investigate systemic patterns, and resolve, mitigate, or escape operational concerns in a timely manner.

A day in the life:
You manage and monitor systems in air‑gapped regions and build software‑based solutions to improve how we manage and monitor these systems.

• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, Power Shell, or Ruby.
• 2+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience.
• 1+ year of designing or architecting new and existing systems (including design patterns, reliability, and scaling).
• Knowledge of systems engineering fundamentals (networking, storage, operating systems).
• Current, active U.S. Government security clearance of TS/SCI with polygraph.

• Experience on highly concurrent, high‑throughput systems and knowledge of complex distributed systems.

The salary range for this position is $99,100.00 – $ annually. Your Amazon package will include sign‑on payments, restricted stock units (RSUs), and additional compensation determined by experience, qualifications, and location. Comprehensive benefits include health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, supplemental life plans, EAP, mental health support, medical advice line, flexible spending accounts, adoption and surrogacy reimbursement), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.