Amazon Senior Security Engineer Seattle, Washington Apply Now
This role is open to alternative locations including: New York, NY – Seattle, WA - Herndon, VA – Arlington, VA – San Diego, CA
Do you enjoy seeing the impact your work has on real customers? As a Security Engineer at Amazon Web Services, you’ll create, maintain, and improve services and solutions at massive scale, helping to improve the businesses (and lives) of millions of people around the world. Help us protect not only the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing environment but all of our customers as well!
As a member of The AWS team, you’ll be part of the glue that holds the AWS ecosystem together as you contribute to securing, validating, and sustaining more than 750 million transactions per second.
AWS Security is on the cutting edge of many security issues for a wide variety of platforms and technologies including cloud services, Internet of Things (IoT), identity and access management, mobile devices, virtualization, and custom hardware, all operating at massive scale. Similarly, our highly collaborative team is committed to each team member’s growth as our business grows.
AWS Security is looking for a Senior Application Security Engineer to help validate that our services, applications, and websites are designed and implemented to the highest security standards. You will be responsible for analyzing the security of applications and services, discovering and addressing security issues, building security automation, and quickly reacting to new threat scenarios. You will have the opportunity to learn from, and be mentored by, those who are building and securing our cutting-edge services.
A Senior Security Engineer at Amazon is expected to be strong in multiple domains and provide significant contributions to the AWS IT Security team and to multiple groups throughout Amazon. Security engineers are expected to develop elegant solutions to complex business problems and apply appropriate technologies while following security engineering best practices. You are also expected to mentor more junior engineers and be a security thought leader for the organization.
A Senior Security Engineer must foster constructive dialogue and seek resolution when confronted with discordant views. Engineers in this role are expected to participate fully in the planning of the AWS IT Security team's work and constantly seek opportunities for process improvement. They should also have a deep understanding of at least one specialty for which they are a sought-out resource (both within AWS Security and by groups throughout Amazon), while having an understanding of the application of information security in a broad range of technical areas.
A successful candidate will need a combination of troubleshooting, technical, and communication skills, as well as the ability to handle a mix of disparate tasks which may include project and software development work. This role will provide career growth opportunities as you gain new security skills in the course of your duties.
Key Job Responsibilities
- Application security reviews
- Mobile security reviews
- Projects and research work as needed
- Security training and outreach to internal development teams
- Security guidance documentation
- Security tool development
- Security metrics delivery and improvements
- Assistance with recruiting activities and administrative work
Basic Qualifications
MS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience
Minimum of 5 years of experience with any combination of the following: mobile security, threat modeling experience, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration, and network security
Minimum of 5 years of experience with security engineering, system and network security, authentication and security protocols, cryptography, application, database, or storage security
Preferred Qualifications
Experience implementing security solutions at the business division level
An understanding of network and web-related protocols (such as, TCP/IP, UDP, IPSEC, HTTP, HTTPS, routing protocols)
Experience with multiple programming languages (such as, Java, C++, Ruby, Python, Perl, etc.)
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Demonstrable teamwork skills and resourcefulness
Possess self-drive to keep moving things forward even in the face of ambiguity and imperfect knowledge (avoid “analysis paralysis”)
Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive
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.
This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
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