AppSec Security Engineering Manager

Amazon; New York (NY); On-site; USD 165,000 - 223,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon's Application Security team is seeking an experienced security leader to manage multiple security engineering and program management teams, driving progress toward strategic goals and owning cloud security initiatives. As a manager, you will nurture talent, set priorities, and collaborate with diverse stakeholders to protect customers across services.

You will shape the security strategy and advocate for secure design while maintaining a strong culture of ownership and accountability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of managing and developing high performance teams experience.
• 5+ years of progressive work within a software security team or related operating environment experience.
• Knowledge of security of web services, video content protection technologies, cryptography, network security protocols and operating system security.
• Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and develop a team of Security Engineers and Technical Program Managers responsible for Application Security (AppSec) of Amazon services.
• Your team has an emphasis on fast paced, highly visible engagements. You will be comfortable with a high level of ambiguity, exercising strong ownership, and be able to make high judgement decisions focusing on what is best for Amazon's Customers.
• Lead the strategic direction and evolution of an Application Security review team, including setting goals and establishing priorities.
• Set the direction for the team by driving strategic initiatives, influencing leadership, key stakeholders, and partnering with teams throughout Amazon.
• Develop a healthy and collaborative culture and enable the team to deliver results.
• Lead effective teamwork, communication, collaboration and commitment across multiple disparate groups with competing priorities.
• Drive improvements to internal program and process.
• Write and deliver high-quality documents for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Drive the adoption of security processes, automation, and tooling to improve operational efficiency.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field

Job description

Amazon's Application Security team is seeking an experienced security leader to manage multiple security engineering and program management teams, driving progress toward strategic goals and owning cloud security initiatives. As a manager, you will nurture talent, set priorities, and collaborate with diverse stakeholders to protect customers across services.

You will shape the security strategy and advocate for secure design while maintaining a strong culture of ownership and accountability.