Security Engineer I, AppSec ASSET

Amazon Stores Application Security team is looking for a Security Engineer to help keep Amazon’s services, applications, and websites secure. This role is an avenue to join a dynamic team to grow your skills and develop your security expertise by providing consultation and support to Amazon builders and security certifiers. Customer obsession while providing security support is critical and core to the team's mission.

We are the team that helps secure Amazon's varied platforms and systems. We are experts in Application Security and passionate in our desire to secure Amazon's environments and protect our customers' trust.

Key job responsibilities
• Act as the escalation point-of-contact to our internal Amazon customers seeking technical guidance and support in securing applications.
• Be the technical lead to junior security engineers
• Research, develop, and maintain customer-facing documentation, internal runbooks, and Application Security metrics.
• Triage and resolve incoming security support requests, assessing if additional information or escalation is required.
• Leverage scripting and automation skills (Python/AWS) to improve efficiency of organizational processes and tooling.
• Analyze customer feedback to identify trends and determine opportunities for process improvement.
• Perform security review tasks, such as threat modeling, code reviews, architecture diagrams, audits, etc.

A day in the life
• Respond to our support ticket queues
• Provide deep dive consultations and security guidance to Amazon builders, security certifiers and partner teams
• Identify and take ownership of systemic issues
• Perform security reviews and review audits of Amazon builder applications
• Develop and improve tools and services to optimize operations and raise the security bar

About the team
About Amazon Security:

Diverse Experiences
Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred 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 we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

Hybrid Work
We value innovation and recognize this sometimes requires uninterrupted time to focus. We also value in-person collaboration and time spent face-to-face.

Basic Qualifications

- Experience in one or more of the following domains: access- control system and methodology, network security, application- and system-development security, security architecture and models, cryptography, and operations security
- Experience with at least one modern language such as Java, Python, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
- Knowledge of internet fundamentals and cloud computing concepts

Preferred Qualifications

- Knowledge of system, network and OS
- Knowledge of databases, storage and big data concepts

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, 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.

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.