Security Review Support Engineer, Intelligent Buildings

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Security Review Support Engineer to enhance the security of smart devices in their extensive corporate real estate operations. This role involves leading technical reviews, troubleshooting hardware and software issues, and documenting security findings. You will collaborate closely with various teams to ensure that device systems are implemented securely, contributing to the development of cutting-edge building systems that enhance workspace experiences. If you have a passion for technology and a knack for solving complex challenges, this opportunity is perfect for you!

Qualifications

• 4+ years of software development or technical support experience.
• Experience in troubleshooting and documenting technical systems.
• Knowledge of distributed applications and enterprise applications.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain test fixtures to verify software on hardware.
• Conduct security reviews and penetration testing for devices.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand security requirements.

Skills

Software Development

Technical Support

Scripting in Modern Programming Languages

Troubleshooting Technical Systems

Information Security Reviews

Tools

UNIX/Linux Operating System

RESTful Web APIs

IoT

SCADA

Job description

Security Review Support Engineer, Intelligent Buildings

Job ID: 2970843 | Amazon.com Services LLC

Are you passionate about smart devices that embody utilize new technologies? Are you curious about how things work? Do you enjoy figuring out why things are broken and solving problems?

Amazon Shipyard operates a device lab in Seattle dedicated to supporting our Global Real Estate and Information Security functions. The Security Review Support Engineer will be lead technical and security reviews for building devices and lead or participate in company-wide user groups to exchange support information, procedures, and best practices. Installing new types of devices, hooking up test equipment, troubleshooting, communicating with vendors, and communicating risks are the key to success in the role. You will own the quality and availability of your work and be expected to hold a high bar for device cybersecurity. A substantial portion of your responsibilities will include documenting systems, security findings, and controls.

Key job responsibilities
- Design, set up and maintain test fixtures to verify software on real hardware
- Troubleshoot hardware, software and networking issues
- Contribute to engineering efforts from design to implementation, solving complex technical challenges around developer and engineering productivity and velocity especially as it relates to rapid iteration
- Drive adoption of best practices in secure system design
- Security reviews for hardware including servers and devices.
- Penetration testing & vulnerability research
- Threat modeling.

A day in the life
We partner closely with both the Global Real Estate Business and Amazon Security to ensure that device systems are procured and implemented securely. Your daily work might include:
- Meeting with business stakeholders to understand their requirements
- Working with vendors to understand their product's security protections
- Setting up test device systems for analysis
- Working with security partners to define and communicate risks
- Ideating and defining emerging threat vectors in the Operational Technology space

About the team
The Global Real Estate and Facilities (GREF) Tech team, part of Finance Automation, develops services, products, and tools to enable Amazon's corporate real estate team to build and operate the company's global facilities in more than 60 countries, which is the largest corporate real estate footprint in the world. We develop building systems that deliver a seamless, adaptive, and creative workspace experience to more than half a million employees. Our mission is to create technology that simplifies the processes Amazon employs to manage its corporate real estate. Our teams build services and products that support various GREF domains, including space and occupancy planning, design and construction, employee health and safety, sustainability, and building management systems requiring IoT expertise. If you possess the skills to build, operate, and scale the next generation of distributed systems supporting Amazon's growth, this role may be well-suited for you

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 4+ years of software development, or 4+ years of technical support experience
- Experience scripting in modern program languages
- Experience troubleshooting and debugging technical systems
- Experience in agile/scrum or related collaborative workflow
- Experience troubleshooting and documenting findings
- Experience preparing or conducting information security reviews

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Knowledge of distributed applications/enterprise applications
- Knowledge of UNIX/Linux operating system
- Experience analyzing and troubleshooting RESTful web API calls
- Experience working with OT, ICS, IoT, IIoT, BMS, SCADA, and/or PLCs

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