Senior App Security Engineer: Threat Modeling

Amazon Inc.; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 178,000 - 227,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a Senior Application Security Engineer to help validate that our services, applications, and websites meet the highest security standards. You will analyze security of applications, discover issues, build security automation, and respond to new threats while mentoring junior engineers.

The role emphasizes collaboration across AWS IT Security and related groups, with opportunities to grow security expertise and contribute to security engineering best practices

Qualifications

• 4+ years of non-internship experience troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating tasks using command line tools.
• Experience in identifying security vulnerabilities, attack patterns, and remediation techniques.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Application security reviews
• Threat modeling of AWS services
• Continuous improvement and research work
• 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 tasks

Skills

Troubleshooting systems

Vulnerability identification

Technical leadership

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a Senior Application Security Engineer to help validate that our services, applications, and websites meet the highest security standards. You will analyze security of applications, discover issues, build security automation, and respond to new threats while mentoring junior engineers.

The role emphasizes collaboration across AWS IT Security and related groups, with opportunities to grow security expertise and contribute to security engineering best practices