Proactive Security Engineer — App & Cloud Security Lead

Amazon Inc.; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 178,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon’s AWS Security team seeks a Sr. Security Engineer to validate that services and applications meet the highest security standards across cloud, IoT, identity, and hardware. You will analyze security, address issues, build automation, and mentor teammates.

The role emphasizes doing architecture reviews, threat modeling, and security testing, and requires collaboration with multiple internal teams while driving security improvements. Arlington, VA offers a competitive package.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of security experience across app security, cloud, and incident response.
• Experience with threat modeling, security testing, and vulnerability remediation.
• Experience mentoring engineers and leading security initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Perform application security reviews (architecture, threat modeling, code reviews, security testing).
• Conduct mobile security reviews and security training for internal teams.
• Develop security automation and drive process improvements.

Skills

5+ years in security

Threat modeling

Security reviews

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Job description

Amazon’s AWS Security team seeks a Sr. Security Engineer to validate that services and applications meet the highest security standards across cloud, IoT, identity, and hardware. You will analyze security, address issues, build automation, and mentor teammates.

The role emphasizes doing architecture reviews, threat modeling, and security testing, and requires collaboration with multiple internal teams while driving security improvements. Arlington, VA offers a competitive package.