Come and build innovative services that protect our cloud from advanced security threats!
As a Security Engineer on our team youll help build and manage services that detect and automate the mitigation of cybersecurity threats across Amazons infrastructure including advanced persistent threats. Youll work with data scientists software development engineers and other security engineers across multiple teams to develop innovative security solutions at a massive scale. Our services protect the AWS cloud for all customers and help preserve our customers trust in us. Youll get to use the full power and breadth of AWS technologies to build services that proactively protect every single AWS customer both internally and externally from security threats not many teams can say that!
Key job responsibilities
Research identify and prioritize security problems that can be detected using automation
Develop detection prototypes for security problems to enhance detection capabilities
Design and develop threat models for IoT systems to identify attack paths and security gaps
Identify opportunities to prevent security issues at scale
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 the cloud.
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 flexibility is part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home theres nothing we cant achieve.
3 years of experience performing security investigations detection engineering threat hunting and/or incident response in the context of large organizations
Understanding of Tactics Techniques and Procedures (TTPs) used by threat actors or groups
Knowledge of host and network telemetry data (e.g. process lists application logs NetFlow)
An understanding of network and web related protocols (such as TCP/IP UDP IPSEC HTTP HTTPS routing protocols)
Ability to develop code with at least one modern language such as Python
Experience creating threat detections in enterprise environments
Experience with analytic development for endpoint network and/or physical security
Experience designing and developing threat models for IoT systems to identify attack paths and security gaps
Experience with common cloud services (IAM Lambda EC2 VPC S3 etc.
Experience with data science machine learning big data analytics and/or streaming technologies (e.g. Kafka Spark Streaming Kinesis)
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $212800/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.