Amazon Security Engineer Software Engineering AWS Operations Centre SOC 

United States, Washington, Seattle 

717118289

In this crucial role, you will collaborate closely with Software Engineers, Industry Specialists, and Product Managers to understand security requirements and translate them into robust automated solutions. You will architect secure data models and workflows, build efficient security data ingestion and processing pipelines, and implement automated security controls and validation processes that enable advanced use cases such as threat detection, incident response, and proactive risk mitigation.
Key job responsibilities
* You are considered a technical leader on your team. You engage autonomously with product and system owners to help create, build and innovate security operations.
* You proactively identify risks and bring them to the attention of your manager, customers, and stakeholders with plans for mitigation before they become roadblocks. You know when to escalate.
* Collaborate with software engineers to incorporate security-centric design principles, identify potential security risks, and provide guidance on secure architecture patterns
* You communicate ideas effectively, both verbally and in writing, to all types of audiences. You are able to write narratives and strategic documentation.
* You work successfully with customers, leaders, and other engineering teams. You foster a constructive dialogue, harmonize discordant views, and lead the resolution of contentious issues (influence and build consensus).
* You define metrics to measure team progress, customer experience, solution quality, and operational excellence.
* Design, implement, and maintain security-focused components within the broader software solutions, such as access control mechanisms, threat detection, and incident response workflows
* Develop and maintain security-focused automation tools and services, such as those used for user risk identification, access management, and incident response
* Provide operational support for the team's security-focused software solutionsA day in the life
Diverse ExperiencesAmazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the 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.In Amazon Security, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.
Training & Career GrowthWe’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Work/Life Balance

- 5+ years of programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or similar object oriented language experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Experience implementing security solutions at the business division level or equivalent

- 5+ 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
- Experience with AWS products and services
- Knowledge of system security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques, including penetration testing and the development of exploits or equivalent