Amazon Senior Security Engineer 

United States, Texas, Arlington 

866846386

**This role is open to alternative locations including: New York, NY – Seattle, WA - Herndon, VA – Arlington, VA – San Diego, CA
Web Services, you’ll create, maintain, and improve Services and solutions at massive scale, helping to
As a member of The AWS team, you’ll be part of the glue that holds the AWS ecosystem together asWhether its help validate that our services, applications, and websites are designed and implementedAWS Security is on the cutting edge of many security issues for a wide variety of platforms and
technologies including cloud services, Internet of things (IoT), identity and access management, mobile
devices, virtualization and custom hardware, all operating at massive scale. Similarly, our highlyAWS Security is looking for a Senior Application Security Engineer to help validate that our services,
applications, and websites are designed and implemented to the highest security standards. You will
be responsible for analyzing the security of applications and services, discovering and addressing
security issues, building security automation, and quickly reacting to new threat scenarios. You willcutting-edge services.appropriate technologies while following security engineering best practices. You are also expected to
mentor more junior engineers and be a security thought leader for the organization.
A Senior Security Engineer must foster constructive dialogue and seek resolution when confronted
with discordant views. Engineers in this role are expected to participate fully in the planning of thealso have a deep understanding of at least one specialty for which they are a sought-out resourceapplication of information security in a broad range of technical areas.skills, as well as the ability to handle a mix of disparate tasks which may include project and software
development work. This role will provide career growth opportunities as you gain new security skills in
the course of your duties.Key job responsibilities
Key job responsibilities
• Application security reviews
• Mobile security reviews
• Secure architecture design
• Threat modeling
• Projects and research work as needed
• Security training and outreach to internal development teams
• Security guidance documentation
• Security tool development
• Security metrics delivery and improvements
• Assistance with recruiting activities and administrative work

- MS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience
- Minimum of 5 years of experience with any combination of the following: mobile security, threat modeling experience, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration and network security
- Minimum of 5 years of experience with security engineering, system and network security, authentication and security protocols, cryptography, application, database, or storage security

- Experience implementing security solutions at the business division level
- An understanding of network and web related protocols (such as, TCP/IP, UDP, IPSEC, HTTP, HTTPS, routing protocols)
- Experience with multiple programming languages (such as, Java, C++, Ruby, Python, Perl, etc.)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrable teamwork skills and resourcefulness
- Possess self-drive to keep moving things forward even in the face of ambiguity and imperfect knowledge (avoid “analysis paralysis”)
- Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive