System Development Engineer II, AWS ADC Monitoring & Observability
Amazon · Bellevue, WA
$129,200–$174,800from the description
Jul 16, 2026
Bellevue, WA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A systems development engineering role focused on operating and improving AWS CloudWatch monitoring and logging services within specialized, classified government cloud regions. Day-to-day work involves troubleshooting service issues, analyzing metrics and logs, automating operational tasks, and participating in on-call rotations. The role suits engineers with Linux, networking, and scripting experience who hold an active TS/SCI clearance.
Mid level · 2+ years · Bellevue, WA · Bachelor's required · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
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Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $170,959 (middle half $135,720–$216,519). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
This role sits at the boundary between software development and systems/operations engineering. The JD title is 'System Development Engineer' and the work spans full-lifecycle software development AND operational support of CloudWatch services in classified (ADC) regions — Medium confidence on 15-1252 over 15-1244.
Degree requirement: the JD accepts a Bachelor's degree OR a CSSLP certification as an alternative. Because a specific degree is named as the primary credential and the alternative is a professional certification (not 'equivalent experience'), the degree requirement is set to Bachelors.
The TS/SCI with polygraph requirement is a hard gate explicitly stated in the posting: 'must currently possess and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance' and further requires TS/SCI with polygraph after start.
The programming language requirement lists C++, C#, Java, Python, Golang, PowerShell, and Ruby as interchangeable options ('at least one modern language such as…'); C++ is used as the primary with the others as alternatives.
Bash and Python are called out in the narrative as strong-candidate signals ('Linux command line and bash or Python scripting') rather than in a formal requirements section, but the overall framing ('Strong candidates will have…') is used as a gating signal alongside the Basic Qualifications; treated as required given the role's operational focus.
PowerShell is listed under Preferred Qualifications as the top preferred scripting language, alongside Python, Ruby, and Java — these appear in the preferred section and are marked accordingly.
The 2+ years figure reflects the minimum stated in Basic Qualifications ('2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience'); the role's scope and low experience bar support a Mid-level classification despite the TS/SCI requirement.
Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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