Security Engineer II, AWS Vulnerability Management, Third Party Software

AWS Security is looking for a Security Engineer to manage security vulnerabilities in third-party software and open source libraries. You will be responsible for analyzing the security of third-party software used by AWS applications and services, discovering and addressing security risks, building security automation, and quickly reacting to new threat scenarios. You will have the opportunity to learn from, and be mentored by, those who are building and securing our services.

A Security Engineer at Amazon is expected to be strong in their security domain, for this role its third party software vulnerability management, and provide contributions to the AWS Security team and to our customers throughout Amazon. Security engineers are expected to develop elegant solutions to complex business problems and apply appropriate technologies while following security engineering best practices. You are also expected to mentor more junior engineers and be a security thought leader for the organization. A security Engineer must foster constructive dialogue and seek resolution when confronted with discordant views. When solutions fail, they dive deep and make sure that root causes are understood and eliminated with a permanent solution. They take on projects where business and security problems are well understood, but the implementations aren’t fully thought out. They balance constraints, limiting the use of short-term workarounds. They ensure the solutions they produce can be maintained and supported or built upon by those not familiar with the space by writing clear documentation and making logical design choices. When solutions fail, they dive deep and make sure that root causes are understood and eliminated with a permanent solution. They take on projects where business and security problems are well understood, but the implementations aren’t fully thought out. They balance constraints, limiting the use of short-term workarounds. They ensure the solutions they produce can be maintained and supported or built upon by those not familiar with the space by writing clear documentation and making logical design choices.

Key job responsibilities
- Perform third party software vulnerability management analysis
- Build security solutions to enable our customers to update third party software with security vulnerabilities at ease
- Drive large scale and high impact remediation
- Project and research work as needed
- Security training and outreach to internal development teams
- Security guidance documentation
- Security automation and use of internal GenAI tooling for internal effectiveness
- Security metrics delivery and process improvements
- Assistance with recruiting activities

About the team
Diverse Experiences
Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

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.

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.

Training & 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.

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. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

Basic Qualifications

- 3+ years of programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or similar object oriented language experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP
- Knowledge of commonly found software security vulnerabilities (like OWASP top 10) and remediation techniques.

Preferred Qualifications

- 2+ years of any combination of the following: threat modeling experience, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration and network security experience
- Experience with AWS products and services
- Experience with programming languages such as Python, Java, C++
- Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and ability to drive initiatives with high degree of autonomy.

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

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