Security Engineer
Role summary
Amazon's Information Security Review Operations Team is seeking a Security Engineer to enhance the security of Amazon's services, applications, and websites. This role involves actively identifying security vulnerabilities through penetration testing and application security reviews, and reporting findings to internal technology teams. The engineer will also develop security tooling and automation, contribute to team innovation, and provide technical leadership and advice across various business verticals. The position requires strong knowledge of networking protocols, security vulnerabilities, programming languages, and cloud providers, with an emphasis on AWS. The ideal candidate demonstrates resilience, excellent judgment in technical trade-offs, and a strong sense of customer obsession to ensure Amazon and its customers remain secure.
### Who you are
- Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP
- Knowledge of industry-based security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques
- 3+ 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
- 2+ years of programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or similar object oriented language experience
- 3+ years of experience in a penetration testing or information security role
- Knowledge of cloud service providers and their offerings, preferably AWS, and its various technologies and services
- Experience in developing security tooling and automation
- Experience in CTF competitions, CVE research, and/or Bug Bounty recognition
- Advanced degree in Computer Science or related field
### What the job involves
- Amazon’s Information Security Review Operations Team is seeking a Security Engineer to help keep Amazon secure for its customers
- In this role, you will attack Amazon’s services, applications, and websites to discover security issues and report them to our internal technology teams
- This position will provide you with challenging opportunities, both technologically and as a leader, but will also be a great deal of fun if hacking Amazon alongside a team of highly skilled individuals sounds exciting to you
- A Security Engineer at Amazon is expected to be strong in multiple domains
- Engineers in this role work closely with teams throughout Information Security, as well as provide technical leadership and advice to teams and leaders throughout Amazon
- You will be in direct contact with teams in a variety of business verticals, giving you first hand knowledge about how Amazon is built and how it operates at a deep, technical level
- Additionally, you will leverage the knowledge you gain about Amazon to find new ways to break services, processes, and technologies throughout the company
- Engineers in this role must show exemplary judgment in making technical trade-offs between short-term fixes and long-term security and business goals
- You will demonstrate resilience and navigate ambiguous situations with composure and tact
- You will be expected to provide thought leadership for the organization as you discover, invent, and innovate throughout the course of your duties
- Above all else, a strong sense of customer obsession is necessary to focus on the ultimate goal of keeping Amazon and its customers secure
- Conducting high quality application security reviews and penetration tests independently, or as part of a team
- Creating detailed engagement plans and thoroughly documenting findings, gaps, and remediation recommendations
- Contributing to team tooling, innovation, and improvements
- Communicating and collaborating with partner teams, service owners, Information Security, and senior leadership to influence, prioritize, and drive the resolution of discovered security findings
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