Security Engineer II, Enterprise Protection Program

Join Amazons Security organization as a Security Engineer within our Enterprise Protection Program where youll be at the forefront of evaluating investigating and mitigating active insider risks.

With this role we are specifically looking for someone who is passionate about diving deep into a variety of specific cyber-aligned insider threat issues. You should have experience (and enjoy!) sifting through data to identify trends and opportunities to innovate on detection and prevention mechanisms. Part of these efforts could include identifying and implementing new analytic opportunities based on the evolving threat landscape.

Absolutely necessary for this role is someone who has excellent oral and written communication skills. Depending on the audience and context you should be able to author detailed technical reports but also distill complex concepts into executive summaries for leaders.

The ideal candidate demonstrates exceptional technical analytical and investigative skills thrives in both independent and collaborative work environments and excels at cross-functional partnership. You will have the opportunity to shape the future of enterprise security solutions while working alongside industry-leading professionals.

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

Key job responsibilities
Independently dive deep into/investigate complex cyber-aligned insider threat issues;
Perform deep dive analysis of internal and external datasets to identify trends anomalies and activities indicative of insider risks;
Author comprehensive clear summaries of complex incidents;
Assist with identifying and driving opportunities to automate and optimize insider risk analytics tooling and processes;
Identify and mitigate insider risk by collaborating with other Amazon Security teams as well as external industry partners;

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
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Work/Life Balance
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- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent
- 2 years of IT Security experience
- Experience implementing security solutions at the cross-team level
- 2 years of troubleshooting systems issues analyzing logs or automating basic tasks using command line tools (non-internship) experience
- Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP DNS and TCP/IP

- Information security professional certification
- Experience in any combination of the following: application security frameworks security code reviews incident response secure infrastructure penetration testing mobile security cloud security AI security identity and access controls threat modeling cryptography threat intelligence or secure software development
- 2 years of scripting programming and security code review in a common programming language (non-internship) experience
- Experience with AWS products and services

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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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 VA Arlington - 159300.00 - 202400.00 USD annually
USA VA Herndon - 159300.00 - 202400.00 USD annually