Amazon Senior Security Engineer Perimeter Protection Anti-DDoS 

Ireland, Dublin 

933577896

You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.Key job responsibilities* Partner with Amazon organizations to proactively assess their DDoS resilience and drive improvements
* Identify and drive automation of repeatable tasks through the creation and/or evolution of scripts and tools
* Drive improvements in our automated detection and mitigation systems from operational learnings
* Develop quality metrics that surface recurring issues or inefficiencies, then drive them to resolution
* Develop documentation and processes for recurring issues, operating procedures, or knowledge transfer
* Advise leadership about new trends and/or ways to improve our DDoS resiliency
* Effectively contribute towards hiring and developing others in the team
* Participate in the team’s on-call rotationAbout the team
Diverse Experiences
AWS 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.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

5+ years of experience in application and network security engineering
2+ years of automation scripting using Python, Bash, Shell and/or Perl experience
5+ years of experience developing engineering, deployment, or operations mechanisms to support network and application security systems.
4+ years of experience in a technical on-call capacity, responding to customer impacting events, mitigating and root cause analysis of those events.

Thorough understanding of TCP/IP networking, IP routing, Server Load Balancing, Network Security architecture, and core technologies such as IP, TCP, BGP, Firewalls, ACLs, and DNS and knowledge of network hardware and packet forwarding architectures.
Experience working in virtualized enterprise networking environments.
Ability to work in and keep up with a fast-moving environment via effective prioritization and time management.
A relevant degree in a related technical discipline or equivalent experience in a large-scale environment.