Amazon Sr Security Engineer Selling Partner Foundation 

United States, Texas, Austin 

335730911

Selling Partner Service is looking for an experienced and self-driven Senior Security Engineer to join our team. We are looking for a self-starter with the drive and conviction to do things right the first time and challenge the status quo. You will be a thought leader in the team. You will actively contribute to our security strategy and its implementation. You will lead information security engineering projects to safeguard our services and data. You will perform risk assessments, threat modelling, security reviews and vulnerability remediation. You will design and implement security mechanisms, processes and tools to protect against risks. You will participate in architectural and system design discussions and share your security expertise with technical and business stakeholders across the organization, from engineers to executives. You will collaborate with other security team and share best practices across the organization. The ideal candidate for this role is a security technical expert with experience in technical leadership on large-scale systems.- Methodical, empirical and experimental in approach and evaluation without being bound by over paralysis-by-analysis;
- Work ceaselessly to improve knowledge of the security field, threat landscape, security intelligence, moving proactively toward prevention and detection of threats;
- Be an enthusiastic learner and curiosity seeker, focusing on what can be done rather than hindered by notions of what cannot be;- Have excellent time management skills along with the ability to deliver results in the face of uncertainty; and
Key job responsibilities- Identify and prioritize security problems that can be detected using automation.
- Develop detection prototypes for these security problems to enhance our tool-set for static and dynamic analysis.- Identify opportunities to prevent security problems at scale.
- Develop prototypes to prevent these security problems.
- Document and provide security guidance that will be used across Selling Partner Foundation.
- Deliver metrics to show effectiveness of our security initiatives.

- BS in computer science, networking, information systems, computer engineering, or 5+ years’ equivalent experience
- Minimum of 4 years’ experience in identifying security issues and risks, and developing mitigation plans
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in software architecture, design, implementation, support, and evaluation of security-focused tools and services
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in three or more of the following areas: cryptography, application security, authentication, web and network protocols, data structures and algorithms, software development, threat modelling, pen tests, or vulnerability assessments
- Minimum of 3 years scripting or programming experience in Java, Python, Perl, Scala, or other languages
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in executive communications or technical writing; clear, concise, and thorough written and oral communication skills