Sr Security Engineer AppSec - Amazon Stores Security
Sr Security Engineer AppSec - Amazon Stores Security
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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.
In Amazon Stores we ship some of the widest arrays of technology found at any company. From Amazon to world class machine learning pipelines from leadingedge digital healthcare to nocheckout retail we push the boundaries of technology in every direction using the globes largest AWS deployment.
As a Senior Security Engineer you will collaborate with software development teams to ensure we keep our customers safe while developing these novel services. In a given day you might be inspecting an applications code for security issues building a new framework to help our software developers build faster and more securely or finetuning the design for a new service alongside its software developers.
The ideal candidate combines technical acumen with an ability to lead by influence and communicate clearly. Technically this person will be a security generalist with one or more areas of deep expertise. In their communication they will clearly articulate risks to technical and nontechnical audiences alike. Interpersonally successful candidates will effectively harmonize disparate opinions while effectively
prioritizing risks to guide their partners towards secure solutions.
Our organization prizes its employees and we show it through investing in worklife harmony. We have dedicated resources that consistently innovate in reducing oncall time and ensuring the team spend their time on the highestvalue tasks. Join
the stores AppSec organization to work hard have fun and make history!
Key job responsibilities
Creating updating and maintaining threat models for a wide variety of software projects.
Manual and Automated Secure Code Review primarily in Java Python and Javascript.
Development of security automation tools.
Adversarial security analysis using leadingedge tools to augment manual effort.
Security training and outreach for internal development teams.
Security architecture and design guidance.
Independently solve security problems that require novel methods or approaches.
Influence your teams and partners process priorities and choices to improve outcomes.
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.
BS in Computer Science or equivalent qualification or extensive years of demonstrated experience in areas such as application security offensive security and/or systems security.
Understanding of threat modeling manual source code review security vulnerabilities attacker exploit techniques and methods for their remediation.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to adapt messaging to executive technical and nontechnical audiences.
Ability to drive multiple technically complex security reviews together while remaining effective at providing security guidance to stakeholders and ability to work with a high degree of autonomy.
You demonstrate excellent judgement in assessing and prioritizing technical risk.
You have a strong application security background with a focus on scalable solutions.
You have experience building and securing complex AWS architecture.
You have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
You work to identify and remove bottlenecks for your teammates both in process and technology.
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.
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.
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.
In Amazon Stores we ship some of the widest arrays of technology found at any company. From Amazon to world class machine learning pipelines from leadingedge digital healthcare to nocheckout retail we push the boundaries of technology in every direction using the globes largest AWS deployment.
As a Senior Security Engineer you will collaborate with software development teams to ensure we keep our customers safe while developing these novel services. In a given day you might be inspecting an applications code for security issues building a new framework to help our software developers build faster and more securely or finetuning the design for a new service alongside its software developers.
The ideal candidate combines technical acumen with an ability to lead by influence and communicate clearly. Technically this person will be a security generalist with one or more areas of deep expertise. In their communication they will clearly articulate risks to technical and nontechnical audiences alike. Interpersonally successful candidates will effectively harmonize disparate opinions while effectively
prioritizing risks to guide their partners towards secure solutions.
Our organization prizes its employees and we show it through investing in worklife harmony. We have dedicated resources that consistently innovate in reducing oncall time and ensuring the team spend their time on the highestvalue tasks. Join
the stores AppSec organization to work hard have fun and make history!
Key job responsibilities
Creating updating and maintaining threat models for a wide variety of software projects.
Manual and Automated Secure Code Review primarily in Java Python and Javascript.
Development of security automation tools.
Adversarial security analysis using leadingedge tools to augment manual effort.
Security training and outreach for internal development teams.
Security architecture and design guidance.
Independently solve security problems that require novel methods or approaches.
Influence your teams and partners process priorities and choices to improve outcomes.
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.
BS in Computer Science or equivalent qualification or extensive years of demonstrated experience in areas such as application security offensive security and/or systems security.
Understanding of threat modeling manual source code review security vulnerabilities attacker exploit techniques and methods for their remediation.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to adapt messaging to executive technical and nontechnical audiences.
Ability to drive multiple technically complex security reviews together while remaining effective at providing security guidance to stakeholders and ability to work with a high degree of autonomy.
You demonstrate excellent judgement in assessing and prioritizing technical risk.
You have a strong application security background with a focus on scalable solutions.
You have experience building and securing complex AWS architecture.
You have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
You work to identify and remove bottlenecks for your teammates both in process and technology.
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.
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.
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.
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Senior IC
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