Senior Penetration Tester, US Amazon Dedicated Cloud Security

AWS Security US Amazon Dedicated Cloud Security is looking for a Red Team Senior Security Engineer to help ensure that our systems and processes are secured against the latest threats. You will be on a team responsible for conducting offensive campaigns emergent threat testing creating/maintaining automated threat emulation solutions and helping security and service teams add offensive insight to their development deployment monitoring and response processes. Offensive security at scale is a unique challenge - AWS possesses both scale of systems and scale of staff and processes. This position will provide you with a challenging opportunity.

A Security Engineer at Amazon is expected to be strong in multiple domains. This is a leadership role within the AWS IT Security team and will be sought out for advice on technical and business issues. Efficient time management skills are required along with the ability to deliver results in the face of uncertainty. A Security Engineer will proactively share knowledge across the Amazon community and will be a key company resource in one or more of the core areas of security. They will lead security reviews of large Amazon projects while setting standards and defining best practices for the AWS IT Security team.

Engineers in this role must show exemplary judgment in making technical trade-offs between short versus long term security and business goals. They must also demonstrate resilience and navigate difficult situations with composure and tact. Conflicts should be addressed by listening finding the best way forward and persuading ones colleagues. Successful engineers in this role will regularly analyze their own performance with a critical eye. A broad understanding of the AWS business and its interconnections is required. This position will also provide training advice and mentorship to other engineers throughout AWS.

This role will be expected to provide thought leadership for the organization as you invent and innovate in the course of your duties.

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
- Vulnerability Identification and Tracking
- Offensive security testing & vulnerability deep dives
- Emergent threat testing
- Creating/maintaining automated threat emulation solutions
- Recommendation of findings and threat mitigations
- Produce high quality red team reports
- Projects and research work as needed
- Security training and outreach to internal development teams
- Security guidance documentation
- Security tool development
- Security metrics delivery and improvements
- Assistance with recruiting activities

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 employee-led affinity groups reaching 40000 employees in over 190 chapters globally.

Amazons culture is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles which remind team members to seek other perspectives learn and be curious and earn trust.

Our team also puts a high value on work-life 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 well-balanced lifeboth in and outside of work.

- Bachelors degree or CCSP (Certified Cloud Security Professional) or CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker) or CFR (CyberSec First Responder) or Cloud or CySA (CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst) or GCED (GIAC Certified Enterprise Defender) or GICSP (Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional) or PenTest
- 5 years of experience performing security investigations penetration testing and/or incident response in the context of large organizations
- Experience in technical leadership in security (e.g. tech lead developed security architecture for a product or system led technical component of security project etc.)
- Current active US Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI with Polygraph

- Experience in ownership of projects and communicating timelines and executing independently
- Experience managing large-scale projects from end to end
- Offensive Security Certified Expert (OSCE) SANS GXPN equivalent or higher
- Has demonstratable expertise using current cyber security threat emulation tactics techniques and procedures (TTPs)
- Experience leading and coaching junior security engineers to improve their skills and effectiveness

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.