Security Engineer II – AWS Security Automation & Remediation

Cybersecurity Jobs; 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's security engineering team is seeking a Security Engineer II to help protect AWS applications by identifying vulnerabilities in third-party software and open source libraries. You will build end-to-end tracking and remediation mechanisms to enable timely updates across the AWS fleet.

You will work on large-scale remediation projects, develop security automation using GenAI tooling, and provide security metrics to drive process improvements.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of programming experience in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++, or a similar OO language.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent.
• Knowledge of networking protocols including HTTP, DNS, and TCP/IP.
• Experience using AI tools to support or enhance security engineering work.
• Knowledge of industry-based security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques.
• 2+ years of combination of threat modeling, secure coding, identity management, and related security work.
• Experience with AWS products and services.
• Experience with programming languages such as Python, Java, C++.
• Knowledge of system security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques, including penetration testing.
• Experience owning projects, timelines, and independent execution.

Responsibilities

• Analyze third-party software and open source vulnerabilities, maintaining an opinionated view on which issues present the greatest risk to customers.
• Build end-to-end tracking, monitoring, and remediation mechanisms so service teams can update third-party software with zero builder cost.
• Drive large-scale, high-impact remediation efforts and respond quickly to new threat scenarios.
• Develop security automation and use GenAI tooling to increase impact across the environment.
• Provide security metrics and drive process improvements.

Skills

Programming languages

Networking protocols

AI tools

Security vulnerabilities

Threat modeling & secure coding

AWS

Penetration testing

Project ownership

GenAI tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent

Tools

GenAI tooling

Job description

Amazon's security engineering team is seeking a Security Engineer II to help protect AWS applications by identifying vulnerabilities in third-party software and open source libraries. You will build end-to-end tracking and remediation mechanisms to enable timely updates across the AWS fleet.

You will work on large-scale remediation projects, develop security automation using GenAI tooling, and provide security metrics to drive process improvements.