Application Security Engineer: GenAI & Cloud Safeguards

Amazon; Newark (NJ); On-site; USD 159,000 - 213,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Security Engineer for ATG Security in New Jersey. You will provide security guidance, review processes, and solve challenging security problems while guiding teams to securely leverage GenAI. The role emphasizes threat modeling, code reviews, and mentoring security champions across engineering groups.

The position offers opportunities to work on diverse security domains and collaborate with internal and external partners in a dynamic entertainment technology environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent, or 3+ years of scripting, programming, and security code review experience.
• 3+ years of scripting, programming in Python, Java or C++.
• 3+ years in threat modeling, secure coding, identity management or related security disciplines.
• Knowledge of common security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques.

Responsibilities

• Provide durable, technical security guidance to mitigate identified risks.
• Review existing processes and suggest improvements for security and efficiency.
• Independently solve security problems requiring novel approaches.
• Embrace GenAI and guide teams to build securely with GenAI.
• Participate in security reviews including threat modeling, code review, and security testing.
• Mentor security champions embedded within the engineering team.

Skills

3+ years scripting

3+ years programming

Threat modeling

Secure coding

Identity management

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

AWS

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Security Engineer for ATG Security in New Jersey. You will provide security guidance, review processes, and solve challenging security problems while guiding teams to securely leverage GenAI. The role emphasizes threat modeling, code reviews, and mentoring security champions across engineering groups.

The position offers opportunities to work on diverse security domains and collaborate with internal and external partners in a dynamic entertainment technology environment.