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As a Security engineer, you will collaborate with software development teams to ensure we keep our customers safe while developing services. In a given day, you will be inspecting an application’s code for security issues, working on troubleshooting authentication related tickets, work towards OE tasks in a team, Handling high severity tickets, building a new framework to help our software developers build faster and more securely, or fine-tuning the design for a new service alongside its software developers.
Key job responsibilities
* Creating, updating, and maintaining threat models for a wide variety of software projects
* Manual and Automated Secure Code Review, primarily in Java, Python and Javascript , Ruby (Ruby on Rails)
* Development of security automation tools
* Adversarial security analysis using advanced tools to augment manual effort
* Security training and outreach for internal development teams
* Security architecture and design guidance
* Independently solve security problems that require novel methods or approaches
* Influence your teams’ and partners’ process, priorities, and choices to improve outcomes
Define requirements, design, and assist in building reliable and efficient security engineering solutions to identify and enumerate risks to Amazon systems.- Work on team’s region expansion activities to expand service presence and work on operational excellence responsibilities.
A day in the life
Technical LeadershipDesign and implement security solutions at scale
Lead security architecture reviews and threat modeling
Mentor junior engineers
Security OperationsBuild and maintain security automation tools
Conduct security assessments and penetration testing
Develop security monitoring and incident response systems
Implement security controls and compliance measuresProject ManagementLead complex security initiatives
Collaborate with product teams on security requirements
Manage security incidents and vulnerabilities
Drive security improvements through data-driven decisions
- - BS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience.
- - 6+ years of experience in security engineering, cryptography, application security, threat modeling
- - Minimum of 3 years of experience with one or programming languages (such as, Java, C++, Ruby, Perl, etc.)
- Deep expertise in cryptography, authentication, and security protocols
- Experience with cloud security architecture and implementations
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