Senior Platform Security Engineer — Firmware, Hardware & AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Austin (TX); On-site; USD 159,300 - 202,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to help secure foundational platforms, including OS kernels, virtualization and hardware. You will conduct security reviews, threat modeling and hands-on evaluations to detect issues at scale.

The role requires deep security expertise, mentoring junior engineers, and collaboration with multiple teams within AmSec to shape risk mitigation across cloud infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field or equivalent experience in IT Security.
• Experience in Security Engineering or Development of Security capabilities.
• Experience in Virtualization security (Xen, KVM, QEMU).
• Experience in Hardware security (PCB, JTAG, UART, SPI, ROM, microcode, ASIC/FPGA).
• Experience in x86/ARM chipset and firmware security (TPM, UEFI, TrustZone, Secure Boot).
• Experience performing Security testing of compute platforms (Server, PC or Mobile).

Responsibilities

• Security reviews for hardware including servers and devices.
• Penetration testing & vulnerability research.
• Threat modeling.
• Security training and outreach to internal development teams.
• Security guidance documentation.
• Assistance with recruiting activities.

Skills

Security engineering

Virtualization security

Hardware security

Firmware/ chipset security

Security testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree in CS/InfoSec

Tools

AWS services (EC2, Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, SQS)

Cryptography basics

Security testing tools

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to help secure foundational platforms, including OS kernels, virtualization and hardware. You will conduct security reviews, threat modeling and hands-on evaluations to detect issues at scale.

The role requires deep security expertise, mentoring junior engineers, and collaboration with multiple teams within AmSec to shape risk mitigation across cloud infrastructure.