Amazon Security Engineer II Application Customer Logistics 

United States, Texas, Austin 

146969518

Our Application Security team is seeking a Security Engineer to embed security early in the software development life cycle (SDLC), ensuring vulnerabilities are identified and addressed swiftly and at scale. You will deliver high-quality and scalable application security solutions. You will contribute to the design, implementation, and maintenance of security measures that protect our applications. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to execute security processes, contribute to security assessments, and support the secure development lifecycle. This is an exciting opportunity to grow your career in application security and learn from more senior engineers.Key job responsibilities
• Contribute to the development of security tools, frameworks, and documentation to streamline security operations.
• Help to identify use cases that support security detection automation to allow us scale security identification.
• Review application security architecture and designs to ensure teams are using the best security paved paths (secure by default solution) and reducing threats.
• Provide skilled advice and consultancy to resolve security findings with internal development teams to help influence ensuring security meets or even exceeds the bar.
• Collaborate with product and development teams to integrate security into the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and ensure secure code delivery.
• Help to build use cases or tools supporting automation to scale security identification, security prevention, or improve processes.
• Coach and mentor junior security engineers, helping them develop their skills and improve the team’s overall security practices.
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- 3+ years of any combination of the following: threat modeling experience, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration and network security experience
- Knowledge of system security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques, including penetration testing and the development of exploits or equivalent
- Experience programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or similar object oriented language

- 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+, or Information security professional certification
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Experience implementing security solutions at the business division level or equivalent
- Good written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present technical information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of technical and non-technical audiences.