Sr Security Engineer Stores Penetration Testing

Amazons Stores Penetration Testing Team is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to help keep Amazon secure for its customers. In this role you will attack Amazons services applications and websites to discover security issues and report them to our internal technology teams. This position will provide you with challenging opportunities both technologically and as a leader but will also be a great deal of fun if hacking Amazon alongside a team of highly skilled individuals sounds exciting to you.

A Security Engineer at Amazon is expected to be strong in multiple domains. Engineers in this role work closely with teams throughout Information Security as well as provide technical leadership and advice to teams and leaders throughout Amazon. You will be in direct contact with teams in a variety of business verticals giving you first hand knowledge about how Amazon is built and how it operates at a deep technical level. Additionally you will leverage the knowledge you gain about Amazon to find new ways to break services processes and technologies throughout the company.

Engineers in this role must show exemplary judgment in making technical tradeoffs between shortterm fixes and longterm security and business goals. You will demonstrate resilience and navigate ambiguous situations with composure and tact. You will be expected to provide thought leadership for the organization as you discover invent and innovate throughout the course of your duties. Above all else a strong sense of customer obsession is necessary to focus on the ultimate goal of keeping Amazon and its customers secure.



Key job responsibilities
* Leading high quality application penetration tests independently or as part of a team
* Creating detailed engagement plans and thoroughly documenting findings gaps and remediation recommendations
* Developing and implementing improvements to team tooling innovation and processes
* Influencing team strategy direction and priorities
* Advancing strategic initiatives by influencing leadership key stakeholders and partnering with teams throughout Amazon
* Leading effective teamwork communication collaboration and commitment across multiple disparate groups with competing priorities
* Communicating and collaborating with partner teams service owners Information Security and senior leadership to influence prioritize and drive the resolution of discovered security findings

About the team
About Amazon Security

Diverse Experiences
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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
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5 years of experience in a penetration testing or similar offensive security role
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 plus 6 years of security engineering experience.
Experience with programming languages such as Python Java C

Experience with mobile application penetration testing and/or 3P pentesting
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

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.

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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.