Security Engineer, Corporate Services Security

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

Boston MA USA

Corporate Services Security (CPSS) is the Amazon security team aligned to Finance & Global Business Services (FGBS) People eXperience & Technology (PXT) Legal and Communications and Corporate Responsibility (CCR) business organizations.

Our Mission is to protect and safeguard Amazons corporate services systems and data. Through proactive engagement with the development teams we understand the dynamic business processes that run Amazon and enable our stakeholders to innovate build and scale securely. The Product Security Team within CPSS supports numerous applications built using AWS Services. Apart from work we provide opportunities for our engineers to pursue projects they are passionate about while maintaining work life harmony.



Key job responsibilities
A successful candidate will need a combination of application security technical and communication skills as well as the ability to handle a mix of disparate tasks and include projects in addition to managing security review activities. This role will provide career growth opportunities as you gain new security skills in the course of your duties.

Perform Design and Security Reviews to determine the level of risk they present to our customers and then accordingly prioritize their remediation in conjunction with the service team.

Participate in efforts to promote security throughout the Company and build good working relationships within the team and with others across Amazon
Demonstrate high capacity and tolerance for context switching and interruptions while remaining productive and effective

Escalate issues to senior leadership when issues are not progressing at the correct pace based on impact to ensure we are putting customers first.

Explore building and improving our tooling to make your own life easier and share that benefit with all our engineers globally.
Assistance with recruiting activities and administrative work

Creating updating and maintaining threat models for a wide variety of software projects

Manual and Automated Secure Code Review primarily in Java Python and Javascript

Development of security automation tools

Adversarial security analysis using tools to augment manual effort

Provide Security training and outreach for internal development teams

Provide Security architecture and design guidance to application development teams

Independently solve systemic complex security problems that require novel methods or approaches

Influence your teams and partners process priorities and choices by using data to improve security outcomes

Provide technical and strategic guidance to senior leaders and stakeholders through effective oral and written communications

A day in the life
As a Security Engineer you will collaborate with application development teams to ensure we keep our customers safe while developing novel a given day you might be inspecting an applications code for security issues building a new framework to help our software developers build faster and more securely or fine-tuning the design for a new service. The ideal candidate combines technical acumen with an ability to lead by influence and communicate clearly. Technically this person will be a security specialist with one or more areas of deep expertise within application security. They will clearly articulate risks to technical and non-technical audiences alike. Successful candidates will effectively harmonize disparate opinions while effectively prioritizing risks to guide their partners towards secure solutions.

The Corporate Services Security (CPSS) Product Security Team is responsible for securing the applications infrastructure and data developed across People eXperience and Technology (PXT) Finance & Global Business Services (FGBS) Legal and Communications and Corporate Responsibility (CCR). We partner with builder teams to minimize security risks across their applications while being a business enabler. Our team develops security tooling and automation to provide high quality security findings earlier in development lifecycles.

About the team
Diverse Experiences
Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting hasnt followed a traditional path or includes alternative experiences dont let it stop you from applying.
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
In Amazon Security its in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas perspectives and voices.
Training & Career Growth
Were continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earths Best Employer. Thats why youll find endless knowledge-sharing training and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home theres nothing we cant achieve.

- 3 years of programming in Python Ruby Go Swift C or similar object oriented language experience
- 2 years of scripting programming and security code review in a common programming language (non-internship) experience
- 2 years of troubleshooting systems issues analyzing logs or automating basic tasks using command line tools (non-internship) experience
- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent
- Bachelors degree in a STEM field (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) or experience in IT Security
- Bachelors degree in a STEM field (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) or 2 years of IT Security experience
- Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP DNS and TCP/IP
- Knowledge of industry-based security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques
- Experience in scripting programming and security code reviewing in a common programming language (non-internship)
- Experience in troubleshooting systems issues analyzing logs or automating basic tasks using command line tools (non-internship experience)

- 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
- 2 years of scripting programming or security code review in a common language such as Python Java or C experience
- Knowledge of command line tools to troubleshoot protocols analyze log outputs or automate basic tasks
- Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP(S) DNS and TCP/IP
- Knowledge of networking protocols to include HTTP(S) DNS and TCP/IP
- Experience with AWS products and services

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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 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.