Senior Security Engineer, Enterprise Protection Program

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Herndon VA USA Seattle WA USA

The Enterprise Protection Program (EPP) is seeking a Senior Security Engineer who can hunt through data from internal and external sources to identify investigate and mitigate insider threats to Amazon.

You will lead investigations into active insider threats to Amazon on a daily basis. We are looking for someone who is a fan of diving deep; someone who enjoys building queries and processing data to identify and pursue potential insider threat activity.

You will also develop proactive novel think big projects leveraging your proficiency with technical tools to create solutions which aid in the detection mitigation and prevention of insider threat activity.

You will work with team members and partners within our legal engineering analytics and prevention teams to drive those projects. You will be effective both working independently and cooperatively across partner teams and able to contribute and deliver results.

In this senior role you will drive security process improvements and develop tools to protect Amazon from internal security threats while mentoring junior team members.

This position involves on-call responsibilities typically for one week every two months.

Key job responsibilities
Lead deep dive analysis of internal and external datasets to identify trends anomalies and activities indicative of insider threats.

Conduct investigations into active insider threats to Amazon while coordinating with legal and HR.

Collaborate with legal engineering analytics and prevention teams to build and develop solutions and tools that identify and mitigate risk. Translate use cases into technical requirements.

Create quantitative feedback mechanisms to drive automation and optimization of analytics and tools.

Communicate and collaborate with partner teams and the security community across Amazon.

Coach junior analyst/investigators to improve their skills and effectiveness.

A day in the life
You will work on high impact cases and projects that seek to reduce the insider threat risk to Amazon. You will meet frequently with internal security customers partners and engineering teams. You will collaborate with numerous Amazon and AWS service teams. You will lead the development of tools and processes which seek to simplify and scale insider threat best practices.

This is a senior role where you focus not only on how to achieve effective insider threat risk reductions but also help define the processes and tools which are needed through a deep understanding of the overall landscape and challenges.

About the team
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- 5 years of experience using internal and external datasets to analyze and identify trends anomalies and activities indicative of advanced threats.
- 5 years of experience conducting insider threat Cyber incident response or equivalent investigations.
- Demonstrated proficiency with creating and using scripting tools such as SQL Splunk and Python.
- BS degree in Computer Science Information Systems (IS) Computer Engineering or 5 years equivalent technology experience in lieu of a technical degree.

- Computer security certifications (e.g. SANS) or organization-specific training relevant to computer security.
- Extensive experience leading or managing insider threat or Cyber teams.
- In-depth understanding of web security and networking protocols.
- Extensive experience collaborating with diverse internal and external partner teams throughout an investigation or issue.

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

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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 job-related knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity sign-on 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.