Systems Engineer Amazon Foundational Security Services

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. Our team is looking for a highly motivated Systems Engineer in Amazon Security who will raise the security bar by delivering industrybest security services. You should be somebody who enjoys inventing and simplifying around complex security challenges obsesses over the customer experience and feels strongly about delivering results. You should be passionate about solving security hurdles in innovative ways. We do not desire to simply produce good software here at Amazon Security... we want to produce disruptive industryleading innovations.


Key job responsibilities
Each day hundreds of thousands of developers and customers make billions of transactions worldwide on our cloud and the Amazon retail site. The Amazon Security team owns security for all of these services offered by Amazon Security including EC2 S3 and many others as well as the security of our global retail sites. This team is an EUbased Operations team integrated with Software Development teams supporting Amazon Foundational Security Services to provide our customers with secure by default security services. We dive deep into security technologies such as new access control design patterns identity security services access control authorization authentication and life cycle management to support our customers as Amazon continues to scale and grow. We are looking for systems engineering professionals from diverse backgrounds who are creative problem solvers and passionate about delivering solutions that improve both user experience and security. We are a global team and have a culture of learning from each other. We dont expect people to join our team knowing everything. We want people who are excited to learn to challenge the status quo and who are energized by building highly scalable and available systems on a global scale.

A day in the life
Amazon has a fastpaced environment we Work Hard Have Fun Make History. Our team works with users to design new security features deploy software through large automated systems and operationally support security software. Youll look for new approaches to automate fixes for operational issues and solve design problems. Our team also puts a high value on worklife balance. A healthy balance between your personal and professional life is crucial to your happiness and success here. We offer a flexible schedule so you can have a more productive and balanced lifeboth in and outside of work.

About the team
About Amazon Security: 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 knowledgesharing training and other careeradvancing resources here to help you develop into a betterrounded professional. Work/Life Balance We value worklife harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home theres nothing we cant achieve.

Knowledge of AWS products and services
Systems engineering experience working with software hardware networking operating systems
Proficient driving operational best practices and leading the creation revision and/or improvement of standard operating procedures (SOP)
Knowledge of professional software engineering & best practices for full software development life cycle including coding standards software architectures code reviews source control management continuous deployments testing and operational excellence
Proficient troubleshooting and anticipating problems that affect the performance reliability or availability of software systems


Experience with any combination of the following: threat modeling secure coding identity management and authentication software development cryptography system administration and network security
Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent


Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover invent simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice to know more about how we collect use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.

m/w/d

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.