Systems Development Engineer, Controlled Working Environment, WWPS Engineering, WWPS Engineering

Overview As a Systems Development Engineer on Amazon’s CWE team, you design, automate, and extend a separated end-user workspace environment for a CMMC-approved infrastructure. You’ll collaborate with top engineers to improve operations, implement new cloud solutions, and preemptively detect issues before outages. The role blends systems engineering, security, and automation to support government-focused cloud environments. This is a fast-paced, mission-driven opportunity to shape secure, scalable workspace solutions at scale. Compensation / Benefitssign-on payments and RSUshealth insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription)401(k) matchingpaid time off and parental leaveflexible spending accountsemployee well-being and support programs ResponsibilitiesInvestigate and improve operational performance and root causes of customer issuesDesign and implement new solutions for technically complex cloud problemsProactively identify system variances that could impact customer applicationsEvaluate new service announcements to enhance the CWEManage user applications such as JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket, and DuoCollaborate with senior engineers to learn and apply best practicesDevelop automated tooling and infrastructure to support the environmentContribute to engineering discussions on architecture and reliability Key requirements3+ years of programming with a modern language (C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, Ruby)4+ years of non-internship professional software development experience4+ years designing or architecting systems for reliability and scaling6+ years of systems development in an IT or data center environment4+ years deploying and operating in a Linux/Unix environment4+ years of experience in systems design, software development, operations, automation, and process improvementExperience leading design, build and deployment of complex, scalable software in productionstrong problem-solving mindsetcollaborative and cross-functional communicationability to lead explorations and discuss approaches with senior engineersC++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, RubySystems administration and reliability engineeringLinux/Unix-based environments