Security Engineer WWPS Solutions Architecture

This position requires that the selected candidate has U.S. citizenship.

Amazon Web Services is looking for a security focused Engineer for the Controlled Working Environment (CWE) program. We are seeking an experienced and motivated Security Engineer (SE) to expand our Security Operating Center (SOC) and maintain security compliance in this working environment. The right candidate must thrive in highpressure situations think like both an attacker and defender and drive relevant teams to take the right actions in the right time frames to mitigate risks.

We are looking for an individual with a deep understanding on how to balance business and technical risk that can effect the program. The candidate should be able to identify IT risks define a mitigation plan to remediate and consistently drive for the right results. They must have a passion for engineering novel solutions to complex security challenges and recognize and fill gaps in capabilities. The ability to quickly design and build internalfacing tools that enable scaled programmatic automation is a plus.

The successful candidate will have a good mix of broad technical knowledge and a demonstrated background in information security. We value broad and deep technical knowledge specifically in the fields of Windows forensics Cloud security security operations incident response network security and emergent security intelligence.

An ideal candidate should be able to accomplish most of the following:

* Confidently and intelligently respond to security incidents and proactively consider how to prevent the same type of incidents from occurring in the future.
* Design and coordinate cohesive responses to security events that involve multiple teams across the organization.
* Build security utilities and tools that enable the team to operate at high speed and wide scale.
* Evaluate the impact of current security threats advisories publications and academic research to the organization. Identify plans of action and coordinate as necessary across teams to mitigate risk.

* Ability to communicate effectively at different levels of sensitivity knowledge and audiences.
* Recognize adopt and instill the best practices of security engineering throughout the organization
* Fulfill regular oncall responsibilities.

Amazon has a fastpaced environment where we Work Hard Have Fun Make History. On a typical day engineers might deep dive to root cause a customer issue investigate why a metric is trending the wrong way consult with the top engineers at Amazon or discuss radical new approaches to automate operational issues.



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BS degree in Computer Science MIS Computer Engineering or other technical degree or 3 years equivalent technology experience.
Minimum of 3 years experience in three or more of the following: incident response application security network security security operations or network engineering with at least two years of experience on a Security Operations team especially coordinating responses to security incidents.
Experience using industrystandard SIEMs especially ElasticSearch.
Experience with security operations of Window and Linux operating system (OS) environments (e.g. Windows system security application event logs)
Experience working with AWS security services (e.g. AWS Security hub Amazon GuardDuty AWS Config etc)
This position requires that the candidate selected be a U.S. citizen.

Security related certifications such as OSCP CISSP CCSP RHCSA CompTIA Security Linux GIAC GCIH GCFA GCIA GPEN GNFA GCUX CE
Effective written and oral communication with multiple levels of leadership involving both business and technical teams.
Experience in scripting or programming (Ruby Python Shell/BASH Java etc. and automation of security tasks through scripting/programming.
Experience in compliance requirements (e.g. NIST ISO HIPAA FedRAMP etc..
Extensive knowledge of internet security issues cloud architectures threat landscape and experience with virtualization technologies like AWS services.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability 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 $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.