Senior Cloud Security Engineer - AWS

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

Job summary

Amazon Security is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to build and manage services that detect and automate mitigation of cybersecurity threats across Amazon’s infrastructure. You will collaborate with data scientists, software engineers, and security engineers to develop security solutions at massive scale, protecting the AWS cloud for all customers and maintaining trust.

You’ll use AWS technologies to proactively protect Amazon customers, with opportunities to work across cloud, devices,

Qualifications

• 4+ years of non-internship background in troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating complex tasks using command line tools experience.
• 5+ years of work in identifying security issues and risks, and developing mitigation plans experience.
• 4+ years of (non-internship) scripting, programming, and security code review in common programming languages experience.
• Knowledge of at least two of the following programming languages: Scala, Java, Python, C/C++, or Go.
• Experience (non-internship) in industry-based security vulnerabilities identification, attack patterns, and remediation techniques.

Responsibilities

• Research, identify, and prioritize security problems that can be detected using automation.
• Develop detection prototypes for these security problems to enhance our detection capabilities.
• Identify opportunities to prevent security issues at scale.
• Mentor and develop teammates both technically and professionally.
• Seek out, develop, and advocate for new technology to research, identify, and mitigate complex risks.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Log analysis

Automation

Scripting/Programming

Tools

Scala

Java

Python

C/C++

Go

Job description

Amazon Security is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to build and manage services that detect and automate mitigation of cybersecurity threats across Amazon’s infrastructure. You will collaborate with data scientists, software engineers, and security engineers to develop security solutions at massive scale, protecting the AWS cloud for all customers and maintaining trust.

You’ll use AWS technologies to proactively protect Amazon customers, with opportunities to work across cloud, devices,