System Development Engineer, Amazon Leo Enterprise Network Infrastructure

Amazon Leo is Amazons low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the world, and weve designed the system with the capacity, flexibility, and performance to serve a wide range of customers, from individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

Export Control : This position requires that the candidate selected be a U.S. Citizen in order to comply with U.S. government-imposed requirements related to the nature of the work and/or where it will be performed.

We are seeking a skilled System Development Engineer with strong networking experience and expertise in network data analysis and visualization platforms. The ideal candidate will design, develop, and maintain systems infrastructure while leveraging tools like Splunk to monitor, analyze, and optimize network performance.
This is a highly collaborative position that interfaces with Engineering, Operations, Deployment and Security teams.

Key job responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain scalable system architectures and infrastructure
Automate system provisioning, configuration, and deployment processes
Develop and implement CI/CD pipelines for system updates and releases
Write scripts and tools to improve operational efficiency (Python, Bash, PowerShell)
Troubleshoot and resolve complex system and infrastructure issues
Monitor network performance and implement optimization strategies
Build and maintain data ingestion pipelines from various network sources
Generate actionable insights from network traffic analysis
Deploy, configure, and maintain Splunk or equivalent platforms (ELK Stack, Grafana, Datadog)
Create dashboards, reports, and visualizations for network and system metrics
Analyze log data to identify trends, anomalies, and security threats

About the team
The Amazon Leo Enterprise Network Infrastructure team designs, implements, maintains, and optimizes mission-critical enterprise networks across our global footprintincluding manufacturing facilities, research laboratories, launch sites, and mission operations centers. We ensure exceptional availability, performance, and security for network infrastructure that powers operations worldwide.
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
- Knowledge of networking fundamentals

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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 .

USA, VA, Arlington - 129,200.00 - 174,800.00 USD annually
USA, WA, BELLEVUE - 129,200.00 - 174,800.00 USD annually