Senior App Security Engineer — Threat Modeling & Automation

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

Job summary

Amazon Security is seeking a Senior Application Security Engineer to validate that AWS services, applications, and websites meet top security standards. You will analyze security, address issues, automate security, and mentor others while driving improvements across teams.

Responsibilities include threat modeling AWS services, developing security tooling, delivering metrics, and guiding internal developers.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of non-internship experience troubleshooting systems or automating tasks.
• Experience identifying security vulnerabilities, attack patterns, and remediation techniques.
• Experience as a mentor or tech lead and applying threat modeling.
• Experience with security in service-oriented architectures and web services.

Responsibilities

• Application security reviews
• Deeply threat modeling AWS services
• Continuous improvement 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 systems

Security vulnerabilities

Mentor / tech lead

Threat modeling

SOA / microservices security

Job description

Amazon Security is seeking a Senior Application Security Engineer to validate that AWS services, applications, and websites meet top security standards. You will analyze security, address issues, automate security, and mentor others while driving improvements across teams.

Responsibilities include threat modeling AWS services, developing security tooling, delivering metrics, and guiding internal developers.