Security Engineer II — Protecting Global Customer Data

Amazon.com Services LLC; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 159,000 - 202,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Mental health support

Flexible Spending Accounts

Adoption reimbursement

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon’s Customer Service Security team is seeking a Security Engineer II to spot risks, design practical controls, and build scalable security frameworks for customer service operations. Location is Seattle, onsite, with a compensation range of USD 159,300 - 202,400 yearly.

You will lead reviews, design controls, and mentor engineers while partnering with product and engineering teams to secure customer contacts at scale across 40+ countries.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field or 2+ years IT Security experience.
• 3+ years of OO programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .NET, or C++.
• 2+ years of scripting and security code review.
• 2+ years troubleshooting systems, analyzing logs, or automating tasks.
• Knowledge of HTTP, DNS, TCP/IP networking.
• Knowledge of security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques.

Responsibilities

• Lead security reviews, threat modeling, and risk assessments for customer service systems.
• Design and build security controls and engineering solutions that protect customer data.
• Partner with stakeholders to define security strategies for new domains.
• Create security frameworks, runbooks, and rubrics for new problem domains.
• Communicate risk and design decisions clearly; mentor other security engineers.

Skills

Python

Ruby

Go

Swift

Java

.NET

C++

Networking

Security reviews

Threat modeling

Education

Bachelor's in STEM

Job description

Amazon’s Customer Service Security team is seeking a Security Engineer II to spot risks, design practical controls, and build scalable security frameworks for customer service operations. Location is Seattle, onsite, with a compensation range of USD 159,300 - 202,400 yearly.

You will lead reviews, design controls, and mentor engineers while partnering with product and engineering teams to secure customer contacts at scale across 40+ countries.