Cloud App Security Engineer and Automation

Amazon Development Centre (London) Limited; England; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Development Centre (London) Limited is seeking an Application Security Engineer to analyze and improve security across services, applications, and websites. You will lead security reviews, penetration testing, and build security automation while collaborating with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, secure environment.

The role emphasizes mentoring, process improvement, and contributing to threat modeling and secure software development in a globally distributed AWS security context.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, 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
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), or experience in IT Security
• 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)
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience
• 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
• Knowledge of one or more of the following domains: web application development, penetration testing, mobile security, cryptography, public key infrastructure, forensic security, IP security, SSL/TLS, computer viruses and malware, network security, trusted security, trusted execution, threat intelligence, IoT security implications, or authentication

Responsibilities

• Application security reviews
• Penetration testing
• 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 and administrative work

Skills

Python

Java

C++

Security

Troubleshooting

Scripting

Networking

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Job description

Amazon Development Centre (London) Limited is seeking an Application Security Engineer to analyze and improve security across services, applications, and websites. You will lead security reviews, penetration testing, and build security automation while collaborating with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, secure environment.

The role emphasizes mentoring, process improvement, and contributing to threat modeling and secure software development in a globally distributed AWS security context.