Senior Security Engineer - Proactive Cloud Security

Amazon Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 159,000 - 202,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon in Austin, TX is seeking a Security Engineer II to help validate that AWS services and customer applications meet the highest security standards. You will analyze security of applications, address issues, build security automation, and quickly respond to threats.

The role emphasizes mentoring junior engineers, participating in threat modeling, and delivering security metrics across teams, with opportunities for growth within Amazon Security.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of scripting, programming, and security code review in a common programming language (non-internship).
• 2+ years of troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating basic tasks using command line tools (non-internship).
• Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP.
• Knowledge of security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques.

Responsibilities

• Application security reviews.
• Penetration testing.
• Projects 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

Scripting

Log analysis

Command line

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Job description

Amazon in Austin, TX is seeking a Security Engineer II to help validate that AWS services and customer applications meet the highest security standards. You will analyze security of applications, address issues, build security automation, and quickly respond to threats.

The role emphasizes mentoring junior engineers, participating in threat modeling, and delivering security metrics across teams, with opportunities for growth within Amazon Security.