AWS App Security Engineer - Threat-Focused Automation

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Austin (TX); On-site; USD 136,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC's AWS Security team is seeking an Application Security Engineer to help validate that our services, applications, and websites meet the highest security standards. You will analyze security, discover and address issues, build automation, and respond to new threats while learning from senior engineers.

The role emphasizes collaboration across teams, mentoring juniors, and contributing to security guidance, tooling, and metrics.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of web protocols, common security attacks, and remediation (non-internship) experience
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
• Knowledge of system security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques, including penetration testing and the development of exploits or equivalent
• Experience solving basic problems by writing code or scripts with some assistance

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

Education

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

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC's AWS Security team is seeking an Application Security Engineer to help validate that our services, applications, and websites meet the highest security standards. You will analyze security, discover and address issues, build automation, and respond to new threats while learning from senior engineers.

The role emphasizes collaboration across teams, mentoring juniors, and contributing to security guidance, tooling, and metrics.