Senior Security Engineer, AI Security
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Job Summary
Join the team that helps protect the Amazon and our customers. The scale of Amazon and diversity of customers means your work would have far-reaching impacts across a broad range of industries around the world.
Our highly collaborative global team thrives on flexibility and is committed to each team members growth regardless of where they are. If you want to grow your interest in AI/ML services like Amazon Bedrock SageMaker generative AI large language models and responsible AI were right here on the journey with you.
The Amazon AI Security team is looking for a Security Engineer to design security controls and help validate that our AI/ML services applications and emerging technologies are designed and implemented to the highest security standards. Your responsibilities include analyzing the security of AI/ML applications and services discovering and addressing security issues building security automation and decisively taking action to mitigate emerging threats throughout a full secure development life-cycle (SDLC).
This role will provide career growth opportunities as you gain new security skills in the course of your work. Security Engineers on the AI Security team have an opportunity to experiment learn build tools and work with teams building new AI/ML technology and services at a massive scale. Security Engineers at all levels have the opportunity to learn from and be mentored by those who are building and securing our AI services. A Security Engineer is also expected to be a mentor for others and be a trusted security advisor within the organization.
A Security Engineer at Amazon is expected to make significant contributions to the AI Security team and to multiple groups throughout Amazon. Security Engineers are expected to develop custom solutions to complex security risk problems and apply appropriate technologies while following security engineering best practices. This role requires a Security Engineer who can be trusted within AI Security and by teams throughout Amazon on at least one knowledge domain while being able to apply security engineering best practices in a broad range of technical areas.
A Security Engineer must demonstrate strong Amazon Leadership Principles. This role requires the ability to foster constructive dialogue and seek resolution when confronted with differing opinions on security risks. Engineers in this role are expected to participate fully in the planning of the AI Security team and constantly seek opportunities for process improvement.
A successful candidate will need a combination of troubleshooting technical and communication skills. An AI Security Engineer must have the ability to take ownership and deliver multiple complex objectives which may include project and software development work.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Security reviews for AI/ML products technologies and services.
- Secure design architecture and implementation of AI/ML systems.
- Secure development life-cycle (SDLC) practices including threat modeling and security testing.
- Influence decision-makers and stakeholders throughout the organization in multiple teams to achieve a consistently high security bar.
- Lead penetration testing engagements and create new testing methods and exploits.
- Create security guidance and documentation.
- Develop security tools and automation.
- Develop and deliver security training and outreach to internal development teams.
- Develop and improve metrics that drive desired behavior and security outcomes.
- Lead security projects (including security reviews tool development and creation of new security practices) with end-to-end ownership.
- Support for mentoring team building and recruiting activities
Our team puts a high value on work-life balance. Striking healthy harmony between your personal and professional life is crucial to your happiness and success here which is why we arent focused on how many hours you spend at work or online. Instead were happy to offer a flexible schedule so you can have a more productive and well-balanced lifeboth in and outside of work.
We are dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures and were building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on interests and desired growth areas supporting you as you take on more complex tasks while your skills and confidence grow.
Here at Amazon we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups reaching 40000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings and we host annual and ongoing learning experiences including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences. Amazons culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives learn and be curious and earn trust.
About the team
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 hasnt followed a traditional path or includes alternative experiences dont let it stop you from applying.
Why Amazon Security
At Amazon security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazons products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build
experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud devices retail entertainment healthcare operations and physical stores.
Inclusive Team Culture
In Amazon Security its 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 Growth
Were continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earths Best Employer. Thats why youll find endless knowledge-sharing training and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home theres nothing we cant achieve.
- 5 years of non-internship background in troubleshooting systems issues analyzing logs or automating complex tasks using command line tools experience
- 5 years of work in identifying security issues and risks and developing mitigation plans experience
- 5 years of (non-internship) scripting programming and security code review in common programming languages experience
- Experience (non-internship) in industry-based security vulnerabilities identification attack patterns and remediation techniques
- Experience as a mentor tech lead or leading an engineering team
- Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques or equivalent
- Experience with security in service-oriented architectures/microservices and web services
- PhD in computer science machine learning engineering or related fields or SSCP (Systems Security Certified Practitioner) and 4 years of working with or evaluating AI systems experience
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
CAN BC Vancouver - 180900.00 - 302000.00 CAD annually
Our highly collaborative global team thrives on flexibility and is committed to each team members growth regardless of where they are. If you want to grow your interest in AI/ML services like Amazon Bedrock SageMaker generative AI large language models and responsible AI were right here on the journey with you.
The Amazon AI Security team is looking for a Security Engineer to design security controls and help validate that our AI/ML services applications and emerging technologies are designed and implemented to the highest security standards. Your responsibilities include analyzing the security of AI/ML applications and services discovering and addressing security issues building security automation and decisively taking action to mitigate emerging threats throughout a full secure development life-cycle (SDLC).
This role will provide career growth opportunities as you gain new security skills in the course of your work. Security Engineers on the AI Security team have an opportunity to experiment learn build tools and work with teams building new AI/ML technology and services at a massive scale. Security Engineers at all levels have the opportunity to learn from and be mentored by those who are building and securing our AI services. A Security Engineer is also expected to be a mentor for others and be a trusted security advisor within the organization.
A Security Engineer at Amazon is expected to make significant contributions to the AI Security team and to multiple groups throughout Amazon. Security Engineers are expected to develop custom solutions to complex security risk problems and apply appropriate technologies while following security engineering best practices. This role requires a Security Engineer who can be trusted within AI Security and by teams throughout Amazon on at least one knowledge domain while being able to apply security engineering best practices in a broad range of technical areas.
A Security Engineer must demonstrate strong Amazon Leadership Principles. This role requires the ability to foster constructive dialogue and seek resolution when confronted with differing opinions on security risks. Engineers in this role are expected to participate fully in the planning of the AI Security team and constantly seek opportunities for process improvement.
A successful candidate will need a combination of troubleshooting technical and communication skills. An AI Security Engineer must have the ability to take ownership and deliver multiple complex objectives which may include project and software development work.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Security reviews for AI/ML products technologies and services.
- Secure design architecture and implementation of AI/ML systems.
- Secure development life-cycle (SDLC) practices including threat modeling and security testing.
- Influence decision-makers and stakeholders throughout the organization in multiple teams to achieve a consistently high security bar.
- Lead penetration testing engagements and create new testing methods and exploits.
- Create security guidance and documentation.
- Develop security tools and automation.
- Develop and deliver security training and outreach to internal development teams.
- Develop and improve metrics that drive desired behavior and security outcomes.
- Lead security projects (including security reviews tool development and creation of new security practices) with end-to-end ownership.
- Support for mentoring team building and recruiting activities
Our team puts a high value on work-life balance. Striking healthy harmony between your personal and professional life is crucial to your happiness and success here which is why we arent focused on how many hours you spend at work or online. Instead were happy to offer a flexible schedule so you can have a more productive and well-balanced lifeboth in and outside of work.
We are dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures and were building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on interests and desired growth areas supporting you as you take on more complex tasks while your skills and confidence grow.
Here at Amazon we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups reaching 40000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings and we host annual and ongoing learning experiences including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences. Amazons culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives learn and be curious and earn trust.
About the team
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 hasnt followed a traditional path or includes alternative experiences dont let it stop you from applying.
Why Amazon Security
At Amazon security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazons products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build
experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud devices retail entertainment healthcare operations and physical stores.
Inclusive Team Culture
In Amazon Security its 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 Growth
Were continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earths Best Employer. Thats why youll find endless knowledge-sharing training and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home theres nothing we cant achieve.
- 5 years of non-internship background in troubleshooting systems issues analyzing logs or automating complex tasks using command line tools experience
- 5 years of work in identifying security issues and risks and developing mitigation plans experience
- 5 years of (non-internship) scripting programming and security code review in common programming languages experience
- Experience (non-internship) in industry-based security vulnerabilities identification attack patterns and remediation techniques
- Experience as a mentor tech lead or leading an engineering team
- Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques or equivalent
- Experience with security in service-oriented architectures/microservices and web services
- PhD in computer science machine learning engineering or related fields or SSCP (Systems Security Certified Practitioner) and 4 years of working with or evaluating AI systems experience
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. As a total compensation company Amazons package may include other elements such as sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription basic life & AD&D insurance) Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP) paid time off and other resources to improve health and well-being. We thank all applicants for their interest however only those interviewed will be advised as to hiring status.
CAN BC Vancouver - 180900.00 - 302000.00 CAD annually
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