Senior Security Engineer, Cloud & Hardware Security

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Austin (TX); On-site; USD 159,000 - 202,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to help secure the AmSec cloud and our broader platforms. You will conduct security reviews, threat modeling, and hands-on evaluations across OS kernels, virtualization, firmware, and hardware, guiding risk decisions for engineering teams.

Ideal candidates have deep security engineering expertise, mentoring experience, and a proven ability to translate complex findings into actionable guidance for a global organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field or equivalent IT security experience.
• Experience in Security Engineering or Development of Security capabilities on engineering projects.
• 2 years in two or more of virtualization security, hardware security, chipset/firmware security, or security testing of compute platforms.

Responsibilities

• Security reviews for hardware including servers and devices
• Penetration testing and 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 security

Threat modeling

Penetration testing

Risk assessment

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree in CS/InfoSec

Tools

Xen

KVM

QEMU

EC2

Lambda

S3

DynamoDB

SQS

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to help secure the AmSec cloud and our broader platforms. You will conduct security reviews, threat modeling, and hands-on evaluations across OS kernels, virtualization, firmware, and hardware, guiding risk decisions for engineering teams.

Ideal candidates have deep security engineering expertise, mentoring experience, and a proven ability to translate complex findings into actionable guidance for a global organization.