Security Engineer, Corporate Services Security

myGwork - LGBTQ+ Business Community; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 99,000 - 134,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading organization committed to diversity and inclusion as a Security Engineer. In this role, you will be responsible for safeguarding corporate services and systems through innovative security practices. Collaborate with development teams to ensure the highest security standards while contributing to an inclusive workplace culture.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience with threat modeling, secure coding, or related.
• Deep knowledge of security engineering and protocols.
• Experience in one programming language.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain threat models for software projects.
• Conduct secure code reviews in Java, Python, and Javascript.
• Provide security architecture guidance to development teams.

Skills

Threat modeling

Secure coding

Security architecture

Adversarial security analysis

Education

BS in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Security Engineer, Corporate Services Security

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Description

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Boston, MA, USA | Seattle, WA, USA

Corporate Services Security (CPSS) is the Amazon security team aligned to Finance & Global Business Services (FGBS), People eXperience & Technology (PXT), Legal, and Communications and Corporate Responsibility (CCR) business organizations.

Our Mission is to protect and safeguard Amazon's corporate services, systems, and data. Through proactive engagement with the development teams, we understand the dynamic business processes that run Amazon, and enable our stakeholders to innovate, build, and scale securely. The Product Security Team within CPSS supports numerous applications built using AWS Services. Apart from work, we provide opportunities for our engineers to pursue projects they are passionate about while maintaining work life harmony.

Key job responsibilities

• Creating, updating, and maintaining threat models for a wide variety of software projects
• Manual and Automated Secure Code Review, primarily in Java, Python and Javascript
• Development of security automation tools
• Adversarial security analysis using tools to augment manual effort
• Provide Security training and outreach for internal development teams
• Provide Security architecture and design guidance to application development teams
• Independently solve systemic, complex security problems that require novel methods or approaches
• Influence your team's and partners' process, priorities, and choices by using data to improve security outcomes
• Provide technical and strategic guidance to senior leaders and stakeholders through effective oral and written communications
  
  

A day in the life

As a Security Engineer, you will collaborate with application development teams to ensure we keep our customers safe while developing novel services. In a given day, you might be inspecting an application's code for security issues, building a new framework to help our software developers build faster and more securely, or fine-tuning the design for a new service. The ideal candidate combines technical acumen with an ability to lead by influence and communicate clearly. Technically, this person will be a security specialist with one or more areas of deep expertise within application security. They will clearly articulate risks to technical and non-technical audiences alike. Successful candidates will effectively harmonize disparate opinions while effectively prioritizing risks to guide their partners towards secure solutions.

About The Team

Diverse Experiences

Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.

Why Amazon Security?

At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon's products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.

Inclusive Team Culture

In Amazon Security, it's in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.

Training & Career Growth

We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve.

Basic Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with at least two of the following: threat modeling experience, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, penetration testing, cloud security, mobile security, and network security
• Deep knowledge and understanding of security engineering, system and network security, authentication and security protocols, cryptography, or application security
• Experience reading and writing in at least one programming language
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated judgement in assessing and prioritizing technical risk
• Strong application security background with a focus on scalable solutions
• Experience building and securing complex AWS architecture
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proven ability identifying and removing bottlenecks for your teammates, both in process and technology
  
  

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $212,800/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Technology, Information and Internet

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