Amazon Security Engineer AWS Vulnerability Management 

United States, Texas, Arlington 

449974329

As a security engineer, you will focus on host operating systems (OS) patching and help defining and executing both short-term and long-term strategies for vulnerability remediation, and drive remediation activities across AWS’s vast scale. You'll work closely with service team engineers to gain deep insights into their operational constraints, architectural consideration and compensating control and partner with senior security engineers to review, refine and optimize remediation plans.Your impact will be critical in helping AWS maintain top-tier security by balancing risk and service delivery. You'll focus on identifying security trends, enhancing security visibility, and recommending improvements to our security posture.Key job responsibilities
- Partner with service owners and leverage cutting-edge technologies to develop innovative solutions for complex technical challenges- Developing tooling to automate and refine vulnerability management processes
- Identifying and owning projects that continuously improve proactive security across AWS
- Periodic on-call responsibilities
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- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- 3+ years of programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or similar object oriented language experience
- 3+ years experience in system, network, and/or application security
- 2+ years experience in threat modeling and interpreting vulnerability disclosures

- Experience with AWS products and services
- Experience in vulnerability management
- Strong understanding of operating system internals, and system design
- Proven track record of delivering security solutions that balance risk, compliance, and operations