Security Engineer II — Stores Security & Threat Modeling

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon in Seattle, WA seeks a Security Engineer to partner with software teams to keep customers safe while building new services. You will inspect code for security issues, build frameworks, and refine service designs to reduce risk.

The role requires security generalist with deep expertise in at least one area, plus strong skills in risk communication to both technical and non-technical audiences. Amazon offers career growth and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or similar object oriented language experience
• 2+ years of scripting, programming, and security code review in a common programming language (non-internship)
• 2+ years of troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating basic tasks using command line tools (non-internship)
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP
• Knowledge of industry-based security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques

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 modern tools to augment manual effort
• Security training and outreach for internal development teams
• Security architecture and design guidance
• Independently solve security problems that require novel methods or approaches
• Influence your team’s and partners’ process, priorities, and choices to improve outcomes

Skills

Python

Scripting

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

AWS

Job description

Amazon in Seattle, WA seeks a Security Engineer to partner with software teams to keep customers safe while building new services. You will inspect code for security issues, build frameworks, and refine service designs to reduce risk.

The role requires security generalist with deep expertise in at least one area, plus strong skills in risk communication to both technical and non-technical audiences. Amazon offers career growth and comprehensive benefits.