Systems Development Engineer II, Amazon Security

Build the automation and infrastructure that keeps every Amazon and AWS site on

Earth physically secure.

Amazon Optics develops and operates the critical services that Corporate and AWS

data center employees rely on to protect our physical sites and preserve the

trust our customers place in us. As a Systems Development Engineer II, you sit

at the intersection of software and infrastructure: you build the deployment

pipelines, fleet automation, monitoring, and operational tooling that let a

small team run a global, safety-critical access control system with minimal

manual toil. When "can't be done" isn't an accepted answer, you find the

extensible, scalable path and simplify along the way.

You'll design systems that require minimal long-term maintenance, automate

manual processes, and create tools that scale across Amazon's physical-access

infrastructure, spanning AWS data centers, corporate offices, and Leo facilities

worldwide. You own your solutions end-to-end: testable, maintainable, and

efficient, with sound architectural and technical trade-off decisions.

Key job responsibilities

Design, build, and operate automation, tooling, and CI/CD pipelines that deploy

Optics access control services safely across every AWS region.

Own the operational excellence of production systems: define monitoring,

alarming, and runbooks; drive down manual toil and mean-time-to-recovery.

Lead technical design for medium-to-large infrastructure initiatives, balancing

complexity, scalability, security, and delivery speed.

Develop Infrastructure as Code (e.g., AWS CDK/CloudFormation) to provision and

manage services and their supporting resources.

Diagnose and resolve complex issues across the stack, from service code to

underlying infrastructure and device connectivity.

Improve deployment safety and release velocity through automated testing,

bake/rollback gating, and reduction of change-related risk.

Partner with software engineers, security, and operations teams to harden

systems that must be highly available and secure by design.

Participate in an on-call rotation for the services you own, and continuously

reduce operational load through engineering.

About the team

Diverse Experiences

Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the

qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates

to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path,

or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why Amazon Security?

At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering

delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating

and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon’s products and

services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate

their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas

including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and

physical stores.

Inclusive Team Culture

In Amazon Security, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI

events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace

our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we

seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.

Training & Career Growth

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s

Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and

other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded

professional.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the

expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements

are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home,

there’s nothing we can’t achieve. Basic

Qualifications

• - Experience in
• automating, deploying, and supporting large-scale infrastructure
• - Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python, Ruby,
• Golang, Java, C++, C#, Rust
• - Experience with Linux/Unix
• - Experience with CI/CD pipelines build processes

Preferred Qualifications

• -
• Experience with distributed systems at scale
• Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis
• of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
• Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our
• customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or
• adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the
• interview or onboarding process, please visit
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• The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package
• will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final
• compensation will be determined based on factors including experience,
• qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits
• including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life &
• AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health
• Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy
• Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.
• Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits
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• USA, VA, Herndon - 129,200.00 - 174,800.00 USD annually