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Description

Amazon Defensive Security is hiring a Security Engineer with development experience and a strong bias for action. Do you want to solve security problems on a globally unrivaled scale? Do you want to build mission critical software to help keep Amazon and our Customers safe? Then we want to hear from you!

As a Security Engineer you will work with our customers to understand their roles, as well as their daily pain points and challenges. You'll then design and implement cutting edge solutions to stream-line and automate Vulnerability Management operations. From building vulnerability assessment tooling, to automating detections and remediation efforts, your work will be essential to the continuing safety and security of Amazon and our Customers.

You will work with other members of our growing team to deep dive problems, investigate approaches, prototype new technology, and evaluate technical feasibility of competing solutions. You will design, implement, and operate high quality distributed vulnerability management systems operating at a globally unrivaled scale.

Key job responsibilities

In this role:

• You will collaborate with development and engineering teams to ensure any high severity vulnerabilities in custom code, applications, or proprietary software are identified and addressed.

• You will coordinate detailed remediation plans, including timelines, responsible stakeholders, and required resources.

• You will work with security teams to ensure identification, accuracy, and response of high severity vulnerabilities.

• You use query languages like SQL or scripting languages like Python to manage data from different data sources to develop automation, create dashboards and evaluate metrics.

• You participate in on-call rotations and you are proficient in a range of security design approaches and know when it is appropriate to use them (or not).

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A day in the life

• Translate Security tasks to technical deliverables

• Keep up to date on current security tooling and the evolving threat landscape

• Deep dive systemic security problems, and design approaches to address them

• Work hand in hand with our customers to understand their requirements

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, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t 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 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.

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, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

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.

Training and Career growth

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

About the team

We operate on the front lines, building tools to streamline the assessment of vulnerabilities, ingest hundreds of millions of detections a day, and drive remediation efforts. Our work is mission critical to protect our customers and ensure the continued confidentiality, integrity, and availability of Amazon services world wide.

Our space moves fast, and so do we. We’re passionate about agile processes, and are constantly pushing the envelope when it comes to new technologies and approaches, all while delivering rock solid scalable projects at a globally unrivaled scale.

Come join us and make a difference!

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Austin, TX, USA | Seattle, WA, USA

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of related industry experience

• Expertise in two or more security domain knowledge areas

• 3+ years experience with Scripting skills (E.g: Python, Perl, Bash, PowerShell, etc.)

• Understands technologies security design approaches to remediate risk

• Understanding of security vulnerabilities, attacker exploit techniques, and methods for their remediation.

Preferred Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science, Information Security, or equivalent professional experience

• Development and system design knowledge

• Ability to bridge the gap between SysDevs and Security Engineers

• Commiserate development experience with an SDE while also exceling in security competencies

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $135,500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $212,800/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.