Amazon Physical Security Jobs in Reston, VA (NOW HIRING)

AWS Security is looking for a driven professional to join its high-security systems engineering team to manage the operation of our physical access control system (PACS), as well as help us automate a sustainable and robust architecture for future growth.
As an SysDev, you will be responsible for the overall health and security of our critical service, providing excellent customer service to our partners in a classified environment.
Engineers on this team play an integral role in the future of physical security. You will own the integration with enterprise and commodity hardware through proprietary and open source protocols, build extensible management tooling by which customers are delighted, produce infrastructure as code and robust operational monitoring that scales with our growing infrastructure

You will make sure the entire deployment process is performant, automated, and well tested to keep development iteration fast and unhindered by unnecessary operational misses.
This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen and must currently possess and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph.
Key job responsibilities
- Architect and implement enterprise-scale security solutions from conception to production, including custom PACS integrations and security automation frameworks
- Design and develop high-availability distributed systems with emphasis on security, scalability, and fault tolerance
- Lead the development of custom security tools and frameworks for system hardening, threat detection, and automated incident response
- Architect and implement zero-trust security models for critical infrastructure components
- Design and build custom APIs and middleware solutions for security system integration
- Develop advanced automation frameworks for infrastructure as code (IaC) deployment and configuration management
- Create sophisticated monitoring and alerting systems using machine learning for anomaly detection
- Implement cryptographic solutions for secure communication between distributed systems
- Design and implement custom authentication and authorization protocols
- Lead technical design reviews and security architecture assessments
- Mentor junior engineers and establish technical best practices
About the team
Diverse Experiences
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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.
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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

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