Amazon Security Operations Analyst AFX 

United States, Washington, Seattle 

572638870

Individuals on this team will be responsible for managing access control to AFX services and data. Team members will work with business teams to define requirements, policy experts to determine what can be allowed, and service teams to figure out how best-fit polices can be deployed. Individuals on this team will help to build SOPs and runbooks for necessary manual processes, create scripts to identify patterns of concern, and use their hands on experience to define requirements for the Permission Engineering team’s roadmap to build better tools, mechanisms, and automation. Individuals on this team will also be critical in identifying other critical mass pain points from a security operations standpoint that should be secured through root cause analysis.Key job responsibilities
Your day to day job responsibilities will include:- Extracting, processing, and filtering data to present insights in narrative form around large data sets to create changes in security posture
- Help develop technical solutions and new security tools to mitigate security vulnerabilities and automate repeatable tasks through creation of Product Requirement Documents
- Help configure and troubleshoot security controls in internal AWS tools especially Salesforce
- Researching root causes of issues, to identify process breakdowns and provide insight on potential solutions
- Assist with research and testing of additional security processes and products
- Define the future of access controls from policy and technical lensesA day in the life
As a Security Operations Analyst you will be in charge of securing AFX systems in terms of data access control. This means looking at the current system and deep diving issues to a root cause. Learning about end-users use cases and assuring their access is not under nor over provisioned. Working with engineering teams to create requirements to automate manual tasks around permissions. Working with policy teams such as legal and security to raise the security and privacy bar. Working cross functionality across AFX and AWS to create the next generation of data access across all systems. You will use large amounts of data to find patterns of concern or create dashboards to measure progress towards our goals.
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred 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.Mentorship & 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, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.Work/Life Balance
About Sales, Marketing and Global Services (SMGS)

- 2+ years of software development, or 2+ years of technical support experience
- Experience troubleshooting and debugging technical systems

- Knowledge of web services, distributed systems, and web application development
- Experience troubleshooting & maintaining hardware & software RAID
- Experience with REST web services, XML, JSON