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Herndon, VA - USA

Yearly Salary drjobs

$ 136000 - 212800

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

The U.S. Amazon Dedicated Cloud Security team seeks a passionate and innovative Security Engineer with a strong security and development background to deliver Information Security solutions.

As a Security Engineer you will investigate identify and mitigate security risks throughout the porfolio of programs within the Information Security organization and among peer organizations. You will define and execute both shortterm and longterm strategies to deliver risk reduction mechanisms particularly around reducing laborintensive processes. You will work closely with stakeholder teams to gain deep insights into their systems and processes and integrate security engineering practices into their workflows. You will help drive engineering excellence through scalable and repeatable solutions clean code automation thorough documentation and approaches that eliminate single points of failure.

Your impact will be critical in helping AWS maintain toptier security by driving teams to deliver more effectively and securely through secure designs and automation. Youll focus on identifying security trends enhancing security visibility and recommending improvements to raise our security bar.

This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen and must currently possess and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph.


Key job responsibilities
Collaborate closely with Information Security teams to identify opportunities to improve the overall security posture.
Develop threat models that impact Information Security areas and develop detections and mitigations to reduce security risks.
Partner with engineering teams across AWS Security to develop scalable solutions to security problems.
Develop tooling to automate laborintensitve processes within Information Security.

About the team
Our team is dedicated to supporting new team members. Our team has a broad mix of experience levels and Amazon tenures and were building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship.

Here at AWS we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employeeled affinity groups reaching 40000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings and we host annual and ongoing learning experiences including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazons culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives learn and be curious and earn trust.

Our team also 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.

3 years of programming in Python Ruby Go Swift Java .Net C or similar object oriented language experience
Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent
3 years of programming with at least one modern language such as Python Ruby Go Java .Net C Rust or similar.
3 years of noninternship professional software development experience.
Current active US Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI with Polygraph.

2 years of any combination of the following: threat modeling experience secure coding identity management and authentication software development cryptography system administration and network security experience
Experience with AWS products and services
Deep understanding of software development and deployment practices feature branch management strategies continuous integration continuous delivery software observability and metering.
Experience with secure application development static application security testing dynamic application security testing vulnerability scanning and mitigation.

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.

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.

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