Senior App Sec Engineer - Threat & Automation

Amazon Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 183,000 - 248,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance (medical, dental, or

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Inc. security team is seeking a highly skilled security engineer to analyze the security of applications and services, address security issues, build automation, and respond to new threat scenarios.

The role includes mentoring junior engineers and leading security initiatives across projects. You will perform application security reviews, penetration testing, and develop security guidance and tools, while delivering metrics and supporting recruiting efforts within a rapidly changing

Qualifications

• 4+ years of non-internship background in troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating complex tasks using command line tools

Responsibilities

• Application security reviews
• Penetration testing
• Projects and research work as needed
• Security training and outreach to internal development teams
• Security guidance documentation
• Security tool development
• Security metrics delivery and improvements
• Assistance with recruiting activities and administrative work

Skills

Troubleshooting logs

Security risk mitigation

Scripting & security review

Programming languages knowledge

Mentor / Tech lead

Job description

Amazon Inc. security team is seeking a highly skilled security engineer to analyze the security of applications and services, address security issues, build automation, and respond to new threat scenarios.

The role includes mentoring junior engineers and leading security initiatives across projects. You will perform application security reviews, penetration testing, and develop security guidance and tools, while delivering metrics and supporting recruiting efforts within a rapidly changing