Security Engineer, Kuiper Security

Amazon; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 80,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization as a security professional in a dynamic role focused on safeguarding innovative satellite communications. You will be pivotal in establishing security protocols, mentoring teams, and driving a culture of security awareness while working with cutting-edge technology. This position offers a unique opportunity to blend proactive and reactive security measures, ensuring the integrity and confidentiality of customer data. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, this innovative firm fosters an environment where your contributions will directly impact the security landscape of its groundbreaking projects. Embrace the chance to grow your career while making a significant difference.

Benefits

Flexible work hours

Training and career growth opportunities

Work-life balance initiatives

Diversity and inclusion programs

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in security software development.
• 3+ years of experience in distributed software systems.

Responsibilities

• Establish product-specific security priorities and threat models.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure secure handling of customer data.

Skills

Security Software Development

Python

Java

Rust

GoLang

C/C++

Cloud-native Environments

Linux

Analytical Skills

Technical Security Assessments

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Master's degree in Information Security

Tools

Security Testing Tools

Automation Tools

Job description

Job ID: 2943148 | Amazon.com Services LLC

Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband network connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.

Have you wanted an opportunity to secure an advanced satellite based broadband telecom service? The Kuiper Security team owns the security of product and operations of Project Kuiper end-to-end. We provide the necessary infrastructure and mechanisms to ensure the security of our satellite constellation and to protect the integrity and confidentiality of our customer data. Our team drives the research & development, deployment and operation of several mission-critical security systems and mechanisms. You will work in a start-up like environment, backed by Amazon’s infrastructure to bootstrap security mechanisms, and help instill the security culture in the organization.

Export Control Requirement

Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Key job responsibilities

1. You will be responsible for establishing product-specific security bar, threat models, and security priorities. These will aide builders in ensuring consistent security execution across the business.
2. You’ll identify design & implementation defects. You'll support product development processes by providing consultation services on difficult security decisions.
3. You will collaborate with business leaders to define security priorities.
4. You will support product leaders by acting as a trusted advisor.
5. You will help leaders measure their org's security execution.
6. You will guide teams towards outcomes that produce products that safely handle customer data.
7. You will collaborate with builder teams to assess technical debt and risk.
8. You will provide strategic direction that addresses vulnerabilities and fortifies our products.
9. You will be a resource that leads the burn down of long-term risk.
10. You will guide teams towards solutions that are secure by default.
11. If secure-by-default solutions don’t exist, you will invent & propose them.
12. You will leverage support from automation teams that find discoverable vulnerabilities.
13. You will advocate for the creation & deployment of new testing tools, and detection mechanisms.
14. You will enable builder teams to become proactive & self-sufficient on security.
15. You will work with builder teams to understand their build processes.
16. You'll ensure that they use appropriate security linting & static analysis tools.
17. You'll help our builders find security solutions that reduce security operations costs over time.
18. You will instill a security culture in builder teams.
19. You will mentor builders who aspire to become security advocates & security engineers via 1-1 sessions & office hours.
20. You will assist Red Teams in identifying security testing priorities.
21. You will assist in scoping penetration tests and help deep-dive on these engagements.
22. You will investigate emerging security issues, root cause them, and devise mechanisms to prevent them.
23. You will propose a security vision for the business that delivers security that protects our customers.
24. And last of all, you will hack some really cool bleeding edge tech!

A day in the life

In this highly dynamic role, you'll be accountable for deciding where your time investments provide the most value. You will have a blend of proactive and reactive work. Teams will reach out for ideas on how to handle a wide variety of security problems. You can anticipate implementation questions like:

• "What's the right way to handle authentication tokens in service to service communications?"
• "We need to define security requirements for a confidential new product launch."
• "We've experienced an incident and need to perform 5 why's analysis to identify and correct the problem that produced the incident."

When you're not working on responding to the questions of your builder teams, you will be evaluating overall org performance to identify architectural defects and proposing new security initiatives to correct problems in the org. You will help Amazon maintain a high bar for customer security.

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 flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. Bachelor’s degree in CS, CE, or related field, or equivalent work experience
2. 5+ years delivering security software in a production environment
3. 3+ years experience delivering distributed software systems in Python, Java, Rust, GoLang or C/C++
4. 3+ years experience in delivering for cloud-native environments
5. 3+ years experience in delivering software for Linux

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. Experience in performing and/or participating in technical security assessments, e.g. code level and design level assessments
2. Master's degree with a specialization in information security
3. Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions and recommendations that produce results
4. Familiarity with programming and scripting or experience developing security tools & processes that work at scale
5. Experience triaging security risks/vulnerabilities and ensuring that they are properly understood by the business and fixed and/or mitigated.
6. Hands-on experience with satellite communications and management software
7. Experience with low-level programming and embedded systems

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.