Security Architect for Large-Scale Platforms & IaC

Amazon; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 178,000 - 227,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Optics is seeking a Security Engineer III to own the security posture of distributed systems across AWS regions. You will lead risk reduction for the Optics platform, design security controls for fleet-scale systems, and construct frameworks and mitigations for ambiguous security problems.

You will mentor engineers, review architecture for secure design, and help protect the trust of millions of AWS customers.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of non-internship background in troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating complex tasks using command line tools experience.
• 5+ years of work in identifying security issues and risks, and developing mitigation plans experience.
• 4+ years of (non-internship) scripting, programming, and security code review in common programming languages experience.
• Knowledge of at least two of the following programming languages: Scala, Java, Python, C/C++, or Go.
• Experience (non-internship) in industry-based security vulnerabilities identification, attack patterns, and remediation techniques.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Lead security architecture reviews and threat modeling for services deployed across all AWS regions in an IaC environment.
• Design and implement security controls that centralize protections across the platform.
• Construct security frameworks, runbooks, and rubrics for new problem domains.
• Drive security investigations, escalation handling, and root-cause analysis through COE processes.
• Review code and architecture to ensure secure design, least privilege, and safe data handling.
• Influence security decisions across partner organizations by balancing risk and velocity.
• Mentor and develop security engineers, contributing to hiring assessments and career guidance.

Skills

Troubleshooting systems

Security risk assessment

Scripting

Scala

Java

Python

C/C++

Go

Mentor/Tech lead

Job description

Amazon Optics is seeking a Security Engineer III to own the security posture of distributed systems across AWS regions. You will lead risk reduction for the Optics platform, design security controls for fleet-scale systems, and construct frameworks and mitigations for ambiguous security problems.

You will mentor engineers, review architecture for secure design, and help protect the trust of millions of AWS customers.