Software Development Manager, US ADC Security

AWS Security is looking for a Software Development Manager to lead the team that builds security tooling for a U.S. Government program in a classified environment. Your team will build and run the internal tools automation and services that help security engineers detect assess and respond to risk faster and at greater scale.

You will own the security tooling roadmap from requirements through production and balance new capabilities with operational excellence. Youll work with security engineers systems development engineers program managers and Government counterparts to decide which tools matter most and deliver them. You will hire and develop strong engineers and build a culture of ownership high standards and continuous improvement.

This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen and must currently possess and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance.

Key job responsibilities
- Lead hire and develop a team of software development engineers and set clear goals and performance expectations.
- Own the security tooling roadmap working with security engineering customers to prioritize the tools that most reduce risk and manual effort.
- Deliver secure scalable and maintainable tooling and automation from design through deployment and operations.
- Drive technical design reviews and architecture decisions for security tooling services.
- Set operational excellence standards including CI/CD testing monitoring and on-call health.
- Report progress risks and adoption metrics clearly to senior leadership.

A day in the life
You start with your teams stand-up clear any blockers in tooling deployment pipelines and review overnight operational metrics. Mid-morning you lead a design review for a new automation service that will replace a manual security workflow and push the team to simplify. You meet with security engineers to learn where their current tools slow them down then turn what you hear into next quarters the afternoon you coach an engineer one-on-one interview a candidate and brief leadership on tooling adoption and risk. Your teams tools help the whole security organization move faster.

About the team
Diverse Experiences
Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting hasnt followed a traditional path or includes alternative experiences dont let it stop you from applying.

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 Amazons 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 its 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.

Training & Career Growth
Were continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earths Best Employer. Thats why youll find endless knowledge-sharing training and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

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. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home theres nothing we cant achieve.

- 3 years of engineering team management experience
- 7 years of working directly within engineering teams experience
- 3 years of designing or architecting (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Bachelors degree or CSSLP (Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional)
- Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing certification and livesite operations
- Current active US Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI.

- Experience in communicating with users other technical teams and senior leadership to collect requirements describe software product features technical designs and product strategy
- Experience in recruiting hiring mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills and make them more effective product software engineers
- Experience with AWS products and services
- Experience building security tooling security automation or internal developer platforms.
- Experience leading engineering teams in classified or regulated environments.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

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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 VA Herndon - 184900.00 - 250200.00 USD annually