Senior Security Engineer, Vulnerability Management and Remediation Operations, Defensive Security

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

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Sign-on bonus

Health benefits

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to join the Vulnerability Management Services (AVMS) team. The role focuses on discovering, assessing, triaging, detecting, and driving remediation of vulnerabilities across the Amazon ecosystem.

You will lead detection and analysis, design automation, mentor engineers, and collaborate with leadership to set strategic AVMS direction, with periodic on-call responsibilities and global teamwork.

Qualifications

• 4+ years troubleshooting systems issues and automating tasks with command line tools.
• 5+ years identifying security issues and developing mitigation plans.
• 4+ years scripting, programming, and security code review in common languages.
• Knowledge of at least two languages from Scala, Java, Python, C/C++, or Go.
• Experience in industry-based security vulnerabilities identification and remediation.

Responsibilities

• Assess vulnerability details and potential impact across Amazon infrastructure, services, and applications.
• Lead detection and analysis through vulnerability scanning, correlation, and prioritization.
• Triage vulnerabilities, determine severity and scope of impact.
• Design and implement automation, tools and workflows to enhance operations.
• Collaborate with software engineering and operations to close coverage gaps.
• Mentor junior security engineers on vulnerability management best practices.
• Partner with leadership to set AVMS strategic direction and report KPIs.
• Participate in periodic on-call responsibilities for ongoing monitoring and remediation.

Skills

Vulnerability analysis

Threat detection

Automation scripting

Security engineering

Incident response

Tools

Scala

Java

Python

C/C++

Go

Job description

Senior Security Engineer, Vulnerability Management and Remediation Operations, Defensive Security

Job ID: 10583120 | Amazon.com Services LLC

About the Role

Amazon Security is seeking an experienced and innovative Senior Security Engineer to join our Amazon Vulnerability Management Services (AVMS) team. The AVMS team is responsible for discovering, assessing, triaging, detecting, and driving the remediation of vulnerabilities across the Amazon ecosystem.

Key job responsibilities

• Deeply understand and assess the technical details and potential impact of vulnerabilities across Amazon's infrastructure, services, and applications.
• Lead the detection and analysis of vulnerabilities through the development and optimization of vulnerability scanning, correlation, and prioritization capabilities.
• Thoroughly investigate and triage vulnerabilities, identifying severity and the scope of potential impact to Amazon.
• Design and implement automation, tools and workflows to enhance our operations capabilities.
• Partner with software engineering and operations teams to identify and increase coverage and detection capability gaps across Amazon.
• Mentor and train junior security engineers, sharing your expertise in vulnerability management best practices.
• Collaborate with information security leadership to set the strategic direction for the AVMS program and report on key performance metrics.
• Be part of a global team and participate in periodic on‑call responsibilities to ensure the continuous monitoring and remediation of vulnerabilities.

About the team

Why Amazon Security

At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon’s products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.

Work/Life Balance

We value work‑life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture.

Inclusive Team Culture

In Amazon Security, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.

Mentorship and Career growth

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge‑sharing, training, and other career‑advancing resources here to help you develop into a better‑rounded professional.

Basic 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

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques or equivalent
• Experience with security in service‑oriented architectures/microservices and web services

Equal Opportunities and Inclusion

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Compensation and Benefits

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .

Location and Salary

USA, WA, Seattle - 178,400.00 - 226,700.00 USD annually

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Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Veterans, military spouses, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.