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Sr Security Engineer, AppSec - Amazon Stores Security

Amazon.com Services LLC
Seattle, Washington, USA
$143.3K a year
Full-time

In Amazon Stores, we ship some of the widest arrays of technology found at any company. From Amazon.com to world class machine learning pipelines, from cutting-edge digital healthcare to no-checkout retail, we push the boundaries of technology in every direction using the globe’s largest AWS deployment.

As a Senior Security Engineer, you will collaborate with software development teams to ensure we keep our customers safe while developing these novel services.

In a given day, you might be inspecting an application’s code for security issues, building a new framework to help our software developers build faster and more securely, or fine-tuning the design for a new service alongside its software developers.

The ideal candidate combines technical acumen with an ability to lead by influence and communicate clearly. Technically, this person will be a security generalist with one or more areas of deep expertise.

In their communication, they will clearly articulate risks to technical and non-technical audiences alike. Interpersonally, successful candidates will effectively harmonize disparate opinions while effectively prioritizing risks to guide their partners towards secure solutions.

Our organization prizes its employees, and we show it through investing in work-life

harmony. We have dedicated resources that consistently innovate in reducing on-

call time and ensuring the team spend their time on the highest-value tasks. Join the stores AppSec organization to work hard, have fun, and make history!

Key job responsibilities

Creating, updating, and maintaining threat models for a wide variety of

software projects.

Manual and Automated Secure Code Review, primarily in Java, Python and

JavaScript.

  • Development of security automation tools.
  • Adversarial security analysis using cutting-edge tools to augment manual

effort

  • Security training and outreach for internal development teams.
  • Security architecture and design guidance
  • Independently solve security problems that require novel methods or

approaches

Influence your team’s and partners’ process, priorities, and choices to

improve outcomes

About the team

About Amazon Security

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.

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 & 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.

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 we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture.

When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

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

Arlington, VA, USA Austin, TX, USA Dallas, TX, USA New York, NY, USA Seattle, WA, USA

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

  • 5+ year's experience as a Security Engineer (such as application security, penetration testing, red teaming, incident response, etc.)
  • Advanced knowledge and understanding of security engineering, system and network security, authentication an security protocols, cryptography, or application security.
  • Experience reading and writing in at least one programming language
  • BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, similar technology degrees or 8+ years' equivalent technology experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • CCSP (Certified Cloud Security Professional) or CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker) or CFR (CyberSec First Responder) or Cloud+ or CySA+ (CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst) or GCED (GIAC Certified Enterprise Defender) or GICSP (Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional) or PenTest+
  • 5+ Experience in the Application Security domain
  • MS in Computer Science or Cybersecurity
  • Development experience in Python and / or Java.
  • Secure software development lifecycle experience.
  • Knowledge of distributed systems and security protocols.
  • 30+ days ago
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