Senior Security Engineer, Corporate Services Security, Corporate Services Security

Amazon; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Senior Security Engineer to safeguard corporate services and systems. This role involves collaborating with development teams to enhance security measures across various applications, ensuring the protection of sensitive data. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in web application security, threat modeling, and secure coding practices. You will be instrumental in shaping security strategies and mentoring fellow engineers, all while enjoying a balanced work-life environment. If you are passionate about security and innovation, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Flexible Work Hours

Health Insurance

Retirement Plan

Employee Discounts

Professional Development Opportunities

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in web application security with expertise in threat modeling and secure coding.
• Strong understanding of security engineering, cryptography, and cloud security.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain threat models for web applications hosted on the cloud.
• Conduct secure code reviews and develop security automation tools.

Skills

Web Application Security

Threat Modeling

Secure Coding

Identity Management

Penetration Testing

Cloud Security

Cryptography

Communication Skills

Education

BS in Computer Science

Equivalent Work Experience

Tools

AWS

Security Automation Tools

Job description

Senior Security Engineer, Corporate Services Security

Job ID: 2874209 | Amazon Data Services UK Limited

Corporate Services Security (CPSS) is the Amazon security team aligned with Finance & Global Business Services (FGBS), People eXperience & Technology (PXT), Legal and Global Communications and Community Impact (GCCI) business units.
Our Mission is to protect and safeguard Amazon's corporate services, systems, and data. Through proactive engagement with the development teams, we understand the dynamic business processes that run Amazon, and enable our stakeholders to innovate, build, and scale securely. The Product Security Team within CPSS supports a large number of applications built using AWS Services. Apart from work, we provide opportunities for our engineers to pursue projects they are passionate about while maintaining work life harmony.

Key Job Responsibilities

1. Creating, updating, and maintaining threat models for a wide variety of web applications hosted on cloud
2. Manual and Automated Secure Code Review, primarily in Java, Python and Javascript
3. Development of security automation tools
4. Adversarial security analysis using the latest tools to augment manual effort
5. Provide Security training and outreach for internal development teams
6. Provide Security architecture and design guidance to application development teams
7. Independently solve systemic, complex security problems that require novel methods or approaches
8. Influence your team’s and partners’ process, priorities, strategy and choices by using data to improve security outcomes
9. Provide technical and strategic guidance to senior leaders and stakeholders through effective oral and written communications

A Day in the Life

As a Senior Security Engineer, you will collaborate with software development teams to ensure we keep our customers safe while developing novel services. In a given day, you might be inspecting an application’s code for security issues, building a new framework to help our software developers build faster and more securely, or fine-tuning the design for a new service. The ideal candidate combines technical acumen with an ability to lead by influence and communicate clearly. Technically, this person will be a security specialist with one or more areas of deep expertise within application security. They will clearly articulate risks to technical and non-technical audiences alike. Successful candidates will effectively harmonize disparate opinions while effectively prioritizing risks to guide their partners towards secure solutions. They will shape the strategy of the Product Security Team and influence systemic security improvements across our service organizations. They will guide and mentor other engineers on the team.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. Minimum of 8 years of web application security industry experience with at least four of the following: threat modeling experience, secure coding, identity management and authentication, Web Application Security, cryptography, penetration testing, cloud security, mobile security, and network security
2. Intimate knowledge and understanding of security engineering, web application security, system and network security, authentication and security protocols, cryptography
3. Experience reading and writing in at least one programming language

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. BS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience
2. Demonstrated ability of judgement in assessing and prioritizing technical risk
3. Strong application security background with a focus on scalable solutions
4. Experience building and securing complex AWS architecture
5. Proven experience identifying and removing bottlenecks for your teammates, both in process and technology
6. Experience securing Finance applications
7. Proven experience shaping the strategy of a Product Security Team
8. Demonstrated experience influencing security strategy across organization

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

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Posted: September 20, 2024 (Updated about 14 hours ago)