Remote Penetration Tester & Security Tooling Lead

Amazon; Honolulu (HI); Remote; USD 28,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon seeks a testing engineer to conduct manual security analyses across products and services, reviewing code in Java, Ruby, Python, JavaScript, Rust, C, and other languages. The role emphasizes learning, creating tools, and mentoring junior engineers to improve overall security posture.

Responsibilities include running tests, training peers, advising management, and developing automation to streamline security testing for Amazon.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
• Strong background in security testing and vulnerability analysis.
• Ability to mentor junior engineers and guide security initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Run manual integration tests and perform core code analysis on web services and software.
• Train other engineers and provide management-level security advice.
• Write automation to support security testing on Amazon systems.
• Communicate issues clearly to developers and help verify fixes.

Skills

Penetration testing

Manual analysis

Mentoring

Java

Python

JavaScript

Rust

C

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Amazon seeks a testing engineer to conduct manual security analyses across products and services, reviewing code in Java, Ruby, Python, JavaScript, Rust, C, and other languages. The role emphasizes learning, creating tools, and mentoring junior engineers to improve overall security posture.

Responsibilities include running tests, training peers, advising management, and developing automation to streamline security testing for Amazon.