Content Security Engineer: Media & AI Protection

Amazon; Greater London; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Content Security is seeking a highly capable engineer to serve as the primary advisor to film and series production teams, guiding secure workflow design from editorial setup to cloud storage and on-set networking.

You will assess architectures, coordinate vendor security, pilot advanced protection measures such as watermarking and content tracking, and help secure pre-release content against generative AI threats.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of scripting, programming, and security code review (non-internship).
• 3+ years in threat modeling, secure coding, identity management, software development, cryptography, system administration or network security.
• Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques.
• Knowledge of industry-based security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques.
• Knowledge of usage or integration experience with common cloud-hosted services.
• Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP(S), DNS, and TCP/IP.
• Experience with AWS products and services.
• Experience across SDLC security activities: design review, threat modeling, secure code review, and testing.
• Certifications: CCSP, CEH, CFR, Cloud+, CySA+, GCED, GICSP, PenTest+.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary content security advisor to film and series production teams, providing tailored guidance on secure workflow design: editorial environment setup, Aspera file transfer configurations, cloud storage architecture, on-set networking, and remote collaboration tools
• Assess internal and external content processing architectures to securely deploy and maintain content networks and equipment
• Manage security assessments of 3rd party services and tools supporting Amazon Studios, including vendor security coordination
• Research, evaluate, and pilot next-generation content security measures such as forensic watermarking and content tracking technologies
• Contribute to the team's strategy for securing pre-release content against generative AI threats, including AI-driven extraction, reconstruction, deepfake misuse, and model training on unreleased assets
• Maintain and enhance AWS infrastructure and applications supporting Content Security operations, and build internal security tooling to automate workflows
• Write and maintain lightweight automation (Python/scripting) to support security tooling, audit workflows, and operational reporting
• Develop and iterate security SOPs tailored to each studio and production team
• Provide regular written updates on program status, risk posture, and incident findings

Skills

Scripting

Threat modeling

Secure coding

Identity management

Software development

Cryptography

System administration

Network security

Python

Cloud security

Tools

AWS services

Job description

Amazon Content Security is seeking a highly capable engineer to serve as the primary advisor to film and series production teams, guiding secure workflow design from editorial setup to cloud storage and on-set networking.

You will assess architectures, coordinate vendor security, pilot advanced protection measures such as watermarking and content tracking, and help secure pre-release content against generative AI threats.