Security Engineer - AI-Driven Third-Party Risk & Automation

Amazon; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 159,000 - 202,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Security is seeking a Security Engineer to build scalable, AI-powered security tooling for third-party interactions. This role emphasizes proactive protection, strong communication, and ownership over review engagements, with a focus on vendor risk and effective controls.

You will shape secure patterns and baselines for complex systems at global scale. You will lead technical reviews, model risks, and contribute to automation that speeds investigations, while collaborating with teams to

Qualifications

• 3+ years of scripting, programming and security code review in a common language.
• Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP.
• Experience with AWS products and services.
• 2+ years troubleshooting systems, logs, or automating basic tasks with CLI.
• Experience identifying security risks in AI applications.

Responsibilities

• Perform technical deep-dive security reviews of third-party services across diverse uses cases including AI/ML integrations.
• Identify and trace data flows, evaluating security controls and gaps.
• Evaluate vendor penetration test reports for applicability and severity.
• Threat model third-party use cases to surface risks and drive decisions.
• Influence AI-powered security tooling that automates review decisions.
• Communicate risks and recommendations to service teams and leadership.

Skills

Scripting

Security reviews

Networking basics

AWS experience

Command line tools

AI/ML security

Tools

AWS

Job description

Amazon Security is seeking a Security Engineer to build scalable, AI-powered security tooling for third-party interactions. This role emphasizes proactive protection, strong communication, and ownership over review engagements, with a focus on vendor risk and effective controls.

You will shape secure patterns and baselines for complex systems at global scale. You will lead technical reviews, model risks, and contribute to automation that speeds investigations, while collaborating with teams to