Security Engineer II, AWS Security, Hardware Supply Chain Security

Cloud security is our highest priority at AWS. As an AWS customer you benefit from an environment built to meet the requirements of the most security-sensitive organizations. As an AWS Security team member you will help secure that environment for our customers while working on security products for a variety of platforms and technologies all operating at massive scale.

We are looking for an experienced security engineer with networking and hardware experience to join the AWS team.

The Hardware Supply Chain Security team evaluates the risk within AWS operating environments and works with teams across the company to develop creative mitigations for the global AWS fleet. This holistic view of risk spans specific domains of hardware networking and human this role the security engineer will look across these areas to identify risks and propose mitigations. They will hunt down and discover security vulnerability in AWS data center operations. Our team proactively identifies gaps vulnerabilities and solutions across the entire lifecycle of the datacenter.

As a security engineer you will own the relationships with customer teams dive deep to understand the security risks and business challenges leveraging your years of broad and deep experience to help formulate and drive more secure outcomes. You will dive deep to understand where logical controls thwart physical and remote attackers. You will use threat models assume breach and devise strategies to prevent and detect remote attackers in our cutting edge environments. AWS operates at very large scale and demands high standards so a passion and discipline around security and delivery is critical. A high level of ownership and accountability is a must.

Key job responsibilities
- Work with stakeholders to ensure new and existing processes are secure
- Calibrate with broader team on security findings
- Review processes to ensure secure mechanisms exist and validate security controls
- Establish mechanisms to introduce security controls reducing individual reviews

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
- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent
- Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP DNS and TCP/IP
- 3 years of Hardware Security and Operational Supply Chain Security 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
- Experience with AWS products and services
- Experience with programming languages such as Python Java C

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at TX Austin - 159300.00 - 202400.00 USD annually