Sr Pentest Security Engineer Devices Services

Come join our offensive security team dedicated to the detection and exploitation of vulnerabilities affecting Amazon consumer devices. This includes performing lowlevel reviews of hardware bootloaders radios secure enclaves or OS security features of devices service reviews including authentication mechanisms AI mobile & web apps. Engineers are also encouraged to experiment with automated techniques such as symbolic fuzzing machine learning or static analysis.

In this role you will be part of a dedicated team of talented security engineers performing penetration testing exercises to identify vulnerabilities. You will strive to understand systems software and services deeply and develop creative ways to break assumptions in order to find vulnerabilities. You care deeply about keeping Amazon customers safe and therefore are passionate about mitigating vulnerabilities/risks by providing actionable guidance to product teams and drive long term security improvements. Youre wellknown for your excellent prioritization skills as well as your ability to communicate at all levels of an organization. If youre passionate about finding security bugs writing tools to reduce manual testing and enjoy seeing your works impact across Amazon consumer products and services then this position is for you. Candidates from entry to senior level will all be considered.


Key job responsibilities
Perform penetration testing exercises across all products services and software released by Amazon and develop proof of concept exploits.
Perform vulnerability research using variety of custom tooling and technologies (e.g. symbolic static analyzers fuzzers scanners machine learning etc).
Create tools for the discovery of vulnerabilities as well as scale security testing.
Review technical solutions to provide guidance to help mitigate security vulnerabilities as well as provide actionable longterm risk mitigation guidance to drive security improvements.
Develop detailed technical documentation describing identified vulnerabilities associated impact as well as recommendations for guidance for communication with internal engineering stakeholders as well as leadership.

A day in the life
Perform pentests on yettobereleased devices or software ensuring it meets security requirements
Perform code review of a driver for a new device being launched to our customers
Write proofofconcept code to demonstrate the impact of a security issue
Raise the security bar of vendorprovided hardware (such as whether there are security flaws in its boot process etc.
Verify the code fixes made to address security issues
Develop scripts or tools to automate assessments of targets
Conduct independent vulnerability research on launched products or dependencies

About the team
The internal penetration testing team is part of the Devices and Services Trust & Security organization which is responsible for the entire SDLC vulnerability management incident response and overall security across Amazon Consumer Devices (Kindle Ring FireOS Kuiper Alexa eero and more). The internal penetration testing team is responsible for reviewing these products with focus on penetration testing fuzzing and vulnerability research.
While the majority of our Security team are based in the US by applying to this position your application will be considered for all locations we hire for in the world however candidates should expect to accommodate US time for necessary meetings.
Our team puts a high value on worklife balance. Striking a healthy balance 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 wellbalanced lifeboth in and outside of work.
Our team is 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 what will help each team member develop into a betterrounded engineer and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future.

5 years of experience in a penetration testing or similar offensive security role
5 years of professional experience with security engineering practices including: web application security network security authentication and authorization protocols cryptography automation and other software security disciplines
4 years of experience with code auditing interpreted or compiled languages (e.g. C/C Java Python Ruby .NET)
Experience with threat modeling design review or other threat analysis techniques
Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent industry experience

Experience with testing low level firmware and hardware
Experience with applying and assessing Machine Learning technologies
Knowledge of cloud service providers and their offerings preferably AWS and its various technologies and services
Experience in various security domains (e.g. system and network security authentication and security protocols cryptography application security incident response)
Experience in developing security tooling and automation applying cutting edge technologies such as symbolic code analysis and fuzzing
Published security research (e.g. conference presentations whitepapers blog posts)

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race national origin gender gender identity sexual orientation protected veteran status disability age or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $143300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $247600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity signon payments and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits. For more information please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.