Amazon AWS Cloud Response Senior Security Engineer Operations 

United States, Virginia 

867768843

The AWS Cloud Response Team manages the security and availability of AWS Cloud services. We operate on the ‘AWS’ side of the to ensure “Security of the Cloud” and to protect our customers. This role requires engineers to work tactically with both internal and external stakeholders to solve security challenges at massive scale, and to think strategically to develop and implement changes to drive automation, scalability and continuous progress for the organization.- Demonstrate high ability and tolerance for extreme context switching and interruptions while staying productive and effective.
- Develop pragmatic solutions that achieve business requirements while keeping an acceptable level of risk.
- Help with recruiting activities and administrative work.- Fulfill regular on-call responsibilities.Key job responsibilities
- Supply oversight of in-flight security issues.- Communicate the state of these issues to various audiences, both technical and non-technical, at various levels of seniority (up to and including AWS’ Chief Information Security Officer).- Explore building and improving our tooling to make your own life easier, and at the same time, sharing that benefit with all our engineers globally.A day in the life
In the morning you will take handover from the previous site and be delegated ownership of various security issues presently in-flight. The issues could relate to any of our 200+ products, so you will often need to learn on the go.As the day progresses, new issues will be automatically assigned to you based on your workload and you will be responsible for triaging them, determining their level of impact, and work towards resolving them at the appropriate pace.At the end of the day, you will document all the issues you are tracking so they can be taken over by the site relieving you.
Diverse Experiences
Amazon 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.Training & 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, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.Work/Life Balance

- BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or 3+ years’ equivalent technology experience.
- 3+ years or more of proven experience with a focus in areas such as systems, network, and/or application security.

- 5+ years or more of proven experience with a focus in areas such as systems, network, and/or application security.
- 2+ years of scripting/coding experience in any language (including Bash/PowerShell scripting). Previous experience in Python scripting would be ideal.
- Understanding of best practices across multiple security disciplines/domains.
- Extensive knowledge of Internet security issues, cloud architectures, and threat landscape.
- Experience with virtualization technologies, especially with AWS services.
- Strong proven knowledge of web protocols, common attacks, and an in-depth knowledge of Linux/Unix tools and architecture.
- Relevant industry certifications from SANS, ISC2, etc.
- Demonstrated ability to work autonomously with a bias for action, critical and creative thinking.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate, develop partnerships and work effectively as a member of a team.
- Maturity, judgment, negotiation/influence skills, analytical skills, and leadership skills.
- Ability to prioritise multiple tasks and projects in a dynamic environment.
- Effective written and oral communication with multiple levels of leadership involving both business and technical sides of the business.