India Leader - Application Security Engineering, Amazon Application Security
Hyderabad, Telangana, IND
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Amazon is continuously innovating new services and features for our customers. Our engineers invent, build, and sometimes break things to make them easier, faster, better, and more cost-effective. However, no matter what we’re building – from websites to web services, AR to AI, drones to devices – security is always our top priority. The Amazon Application Security team focuses on working with our builders to provide experiences that our customers can trust. That means constantly learning new things and solving complex problems to protect the safety, security, and privacy of billions of lives on a global scale.
At Amazon, you’ll be working with the best minds in technology and security. Learn and be curious here, and accelerate your career growth. You can take pride in knowing that your work is meaningful, having a positive impact on others and making the world a better place.
We are looking for an experienced Security Leader to join the Application Security team. As a Security Leader, you will own building and managing a team of security engineers, fostering a strong team culture. You should know how to prioritize, communicate clearly and compellingly, and understand how to drive a high level of focus and excellence with a strong team. Passion and discipline around cloud computing is critical, as is a high level of ownership and accountability.
As a Manager on our team, you will recruit and lead a team of top-notch application security engineers to solve interesting security challenges that arise when Amazon invents new technologies. You’ll help them develop their skills and their careers as you tackle those challenges and contribute to Amazon’s overall security and privacy strategy.
Key job responsibilities
Your work will include:
* Team management, growth, and organization
* Professional development of team members
* Project management
* Metrics and projections
* Driving security initiatives
* Recruiting
* Process Improvement
* Application security reviews
* 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
About the team
Our team puts a high value on work-life balance. Striking a healthy balance between your personal and professional life is crucial to your happiness and success here, which is why we aren’t focused on how many hours you spend at work or online. Instead, we’re happy to offer a flexible schedule so you can have a more productive and well-balanced life—both in and outside of work.
We also embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and we host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Hyderabad, TS, IND
· Several years of experience leading, managing & developing high performance teams
· Several years of progressive experience within a software security team or similar operating environment
· Advanced degree in computer science, information security, related discipline, or equivalent work experience
* Committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace
· Strong information security risk-based prioritization abilities
· Hands-on knowledge of information security technologies such as security design review, threat modelling, risk analysis, and software testing techniques
· Information security professional certifications encouraged (SANS GIAC, CISSP etc.)
· A strong bias for action with proven ability to handle high stress, time sensitive security tasks
· Experience working alongside remote team members
· Excellent written communication skills, with a focus on translating technically complex issues into simple, easy to understand concepts
· Excellent attention to detail
· Experience driving large, cross-organization initiatives
· Experience providing training and mentorship
At Amazon, you’ll be working with the best minds in technology and security. Learn and be curious here, and accelerate your career growth. You can take pride in knowing that your work is meaningful, having a positive impact on others and making the world a better place.
We are looking for an experienced Security Leader to join the Application Security team. As a Security Leader, you will own building and managing a team of security engineers, fostering a strong team culture. You should know how to prioritize, communicate clearly and compellingly, and understand how to drive a high level of focus and excellence with a strong team. Passion and discipline around cloud computing is critical, as is a high level of ownership and accountability.
As a Manager on our team, you will recruit and lead a team of top-notch application security engineers to solve interesting security challenges that arise when Amazon invents new technologies. You’ll help them develop their skills and their careers as you tackle those challenges and contribute to Amazon’s overall security and privacy strategy.
Key job responsibilities
Your work will include:
* Team management, growth, and organization
* Professional development of team members
* Project management
* Metrics and projections
* Driving security initiatives
* Recruiting
* Process Improvement
* Application security reviews
* 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
About the team
Our team puts a high value on work-life balance. Striking a healthy balance between your personal and professional life is crucial to your happiness and success here, which is why we aren’t focused on how many hours you spend at work or online. Instead, we’re happy to offer a flexible schedule so you can have a more productive and well-balanced life—both in and outside of work.
We also embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and we host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Hyderabad, TS, IND
Basic Qualifications
· Several years of experience leading, managing & developing high performance teams
· Several years of progressive experience within a software security team or similar operating environment
· Advanced degree in computer science, information security, related discipline, or equivalent work experience
Preferred Qualifications
* Outstanding people management skills* Committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace
· Strong information security risk-based prioritization abilities
· Hands-on knowledge of information security technologies such as security design review, threat modelling, risk analysis, and software testing techniques
· Information security professional certifications encouraged (SANS GIAC, CISSP etc.)
· A strong bias for action with proven ability to handle high stress, time sensitive security tasks
· Experience working alongside remote team members
· Excellent written communication skills, with a focus on translating technically complex issues into simple, easy to understand concepts
· Excellent attention to detail
· Experience driving large, cross-organization initiatives
· Experience providing training and mentorship
* Salary range is an estimate based on our InfoSec / Cybersecurity Salary Index 💰
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Categories:
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Tags: Application security CISSP Cloud Computer Science GIAC Privacy Risk analysis SANS Strategy
Perks/benefits: Career development Conferences Flex hours Team events
Region:
Asia/Pacific
Country:
India
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