Classified AI Security Testing Engineer

Amazon; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 159,000 - 202,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Security is seeking a Security Testing Engineer to execute security testing for a US Government program building a classified AI Factory. You will run security control tests, conduct penetration tests, and perform STIG checks while documenting findings and supporting remediation.

You will also develop tooling to automate testing and collaborate with ISSOs and senior engineers. The role requires US citizenship and an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of security testing experience across applications, cloud, and AI systems.
• Experience designing and planning test conditions, scripts, and data sets for coverage and control.
• Hands-on pen-testing and STIG validation experience.
• Current, active US Government TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.

Responsibilities

• Execute security control tests, penetration tests, and STIG checks.
• Document findings and support remediation tracking.
• Build and maintain test tooling and scripts.
• Support security control assessment and evidence collection.

Skills

Security testing

Penetration testing

STIG validation

Python scripting

SQL queries

Tools

Python

SQL

Job description

Amazon Security is seeking a Security Testing Engineer to execute security testing for a US Government program building a classified AI Factory. You will run security control tests, conduct penetration tests, and perform STIG checks while documenting findings and supporting remediation.

You will also develop tooling to automate testing and collaborate with ISSOs and senior engineers. The role requires US citizenship and an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.