Security Incident Responder, Kuiper Security Controls and Assurance

Project Kuiper is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the world, and we’ve designed the system with the capacity, flexibility, and performance to serve a wide range of customers, from individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

Export Control : This position requires that the candidate selected be a U.S. Citizen in order to comply with U.S. government-imposed requirements related to the nature of the work and/or where it will be performed.

We are looking for a Skilled, qualified and experienced leader in security assurance, with experience in automating security controls per compliance requirements.
As part of the Kuiper Enterprise Technology team, be seen as an expert in delivering Kuiper control systems and processes to meet Kuiper security and compliance standards. Be a key liaison with Kuiper service teams, infrastructure teams, Kuiper Security, and Global Trade and Compliance. Have the ability to dive deep, understand, document, communicate and implement controls for IT systems and processes, and be able to drive innovative process changes and automation throughout the Kuiper organization.

You are someone who loves working across many stakeholders to design solutions for complex compliance challenges. You will be a be part of a growing team that analyzes and implements Kuiper security controls
You will have an opportunity to work across the entire Kuiper organization implementing and managing various security controls along side of Kuiper Security. Kuiper security owns policy and definition of controls, this role owns the coordination, development, implementation, and change management of controls as well as managing defects and improvements.

Key job responsibilities
* Responding to security incidents, and coordinating a cohesive response involving multiple teams across Kuiper
* Providing security engineering solutions and support during customer-facing incidents, proactively considering the prevention of similar incidents from occurring in the future.
* Assisting in the development of pragmatic solutions that achieve business requirements while maintaining an acceptable level of risk.
* Identifying and recommending solutions that improve or expand Amazon’s incident response capabilities.
* Working alongside Security Engineers to improve security, and to reduce and quickly address risk.
* Evaluating the impact of current security trends, advisories, publications, and coordinating response as necessary across affected teams.
* Keeping your knowledge and skills current with the rapidly changing threat landscape.
* 24/7 on-call responsibilities on rotation.

A day in the life
This is a fast-paced, intellectually challenging position, and will work with leaders in multiple technology areas. Have relentlessly high standards for yourself and everyone you work with, and be constantly looking for ways to improve your product’s performance, quality and cost. We want individuals who are ready for this challenge and want to reach beyond what is possible today.

Basic Qualifications

- BS in Computer Science, Information Security, or equivalent professional experience.
- 1+ years of demonstrated experience in areas such as application security, offensive security and/or systems security.
- Scripting skills (E.g: Python, Perl, Bash, Ruby, PowerShell, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

- - You demonstrate excellent judgement in assessing and prioritizing technical risk
- - You have a strong application security background with a focus on scalable solutions
- - You have experience building and securing complex AWS or Azure architecture
- - You have excellent written and verbal communication skills
- - Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to adapt messaging to executive, technical, and non-technical audiences.
- - Ability to work with a high degree of autonomy.
- - Experience with technologies such as Windows Single-Sign-On, Kerberos, FIDO/FIDO2, Passwordless Authentication, AuthZ, AuthN and Auditing.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $125,500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $212,800/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.