This position is located in Seattle WA. Amazon is seeking a Security Engineer to join the AWS Vulnerability Management organization. Our organization is accountable for the endtoend vulnerability lifecycle across all aspects of AWS. Within the organization our team obsesses about host operating system patching and vulnerability remediation. We enable our internal service teams through building innovative security solutions to patch their hosts to meet the scale and demand of all AWS customers. Working with teams such as EC2 S3 RDS CloudHSM Containers and Amazon Linux requires us to dive deep into all aspects of operating systems firmware databases service/system hardening cryptography and audit analysis. We are passionate about diving deep to identify and build solutions that keep our customers safe.
The successful candidate is one who loves working directly with security and software engineers to understand their needs and design security solutions that enable engineers to operate more effectively securely and safely. You will work directly with AWS service teams partner security teams and administrative teams to identify opportunities to improve our security posture. You will build tooling drive process improvements and work with service teams to develop innovative solutions to complex technical challenges.
A day in the life
Our organization is accountable for the endtoend software vulnerability lifecycle across all AWS teams.
About the team
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.
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Bachelors degree in Information Security Computer Science Risk Management Engineering Math Statistics or related discipline or additional equivalent technology experience
1 years of experience in identifying security issues and risks and developing mitigation plans
1 years of experience in network system or software architecture; design implementation support and evaluation of securityfocused tools and services
1 years of scripting or programming experience in Ruby Python Shell/BASH scripting Java C/C C* Perl or other languages
Masters in Computer Science or Computer Security.
Have a clear understanding of cloud computing services/deployment architecture
Have experience generating automated metrics to measure service and program effectiveness and consistency
Have excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $125500/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.