Senior Security Engineer — AI-Driven Space Platform

Amazon; Arlington (VA); Presencial; USD 159.000 - 202.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Health insurance

RSUs

Sign-on payments

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Descripción de la vacante

Amazon Leo is seeking a senior security engineer to own security for the platform powering a global constellation. You will lead threat modeling, secure-design reviews, and the translation of threat intel into detections and controls.

This hands-on role requires deep offensive security expertise and experience testing defenses with AI-driven tooling. You will collaborate with engineers and scientists to harden the platform, oversee red-team activities, and ensure security gates are embedded in

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or STEM field.
• 3+ years programming in an OO language (Python/Java/C++ etc.).
• 2+ years of security code review and troubleshooting.
• Knowledge of HTTP, DNS, TCP/IP.
• Experience across the SDLC with security activities.

Responsabilidades

• Own the Leo platform security end-to-end and guide threat modeling.
• Lead secure-design reviews before autonomous actions and test defenses.
• Translate threat intel into detector and guardrail designs with scientists and engineers.
• Drive findings to closure with integrated security gates in delivery cadence.

Conocimientos

Python

Threat modeling

Secure coding

C++

Scripting

Networking (HTTP/DNS/TCP-IP)

AWS

Educación

BS in CS

STEM degree

Herramientas

AWS

Descripción del empleo

Amazon Leo is seeking a senior security engineer to own security for the platform powering a global constellation. You will lead threat modeling, secure-design reviews, and the translation of threat intel into detections and controls.

This hands-on role requires deep offensive security expertise and experience testing defenses with AI-driven tooling. You will collaborate with engineers and scientists to harden the platform, oversee red-team activities, and ensure security gates are embedded in