System Development Engineer

Amazon

Arlington, VA3h agovia LinkedInH-1B sponsor · 1,460 entry-level filings

About the Role

System Development Engineer - Productivity Tools, Amazon Leo Productivity Engineering Application Services (ALPEAS)

Key Responsibilities

  • Jama Connect Operations: Deploy, configure, maintain, and scale Jama Connect infrastructure in AWS GovCloud, ensuring high availability, performance, and security compliance (ITAR/EAR).
  • Infrastructure as Code: Design and implement CDK stacks for application infrastructure including compute (EC2/ECS), databases (RDS/Aurora), networking (VPC, PrivateLink, NLB), and storage.
  • Automation & Integration: Build automation for user provisioning, access management, backups, patching, and monitoring. Develop integrations between Jama and other Kuiper tools (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, TestRail).
  • Security & Compliance: Implement and maintain security controls compliant with ITAR and export control regulations. Manage access through least-privilege models.
  • Monitoring & Incident Response: Build dashboards, alarms, and runbooks. Participate in on-call rotation to ensure service reliability.
  • Tool Evaluation & Adoption: Evaluate, pilot, and onboard new productivity tools to support Kuiper's engineering workflows. Drive user training and adoption.

Requirements & Tech Stack

  • 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.
  • Experience with Jama Connect or similar requirements management tools.
  • Experience operating in AWS GovCloud or other regulated environments (ITAR, FedRAMP).
  • Experience with Atlassian suite administration (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Bamboo).
  • Experience with container orchestration (ECS, EKS, Docker).
  • Experience with database administration (PostgreSQL, Aurora).

Qualifications

  • U.S. Citizen required to comply with U.S. government-imposed requirements.

H-1B sponsor

Amazon.com Services filed 1,460 entry-level H-1B applications for new hires (Oct 2025 - Jun 2026, Department of Labor).

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