Amazon

Security Engineer II, AWS Security, Hardware Supply Chain Security

Amazon$159K — $202K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years programming experience in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or similar object-oriented language
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field
  • Knowledge of networking protocols (HTTP, DNS, TCP/IP)
  • 3+ years experience in Hardware Security and Operational Supply Chain Security
  • Familiarity with threat modeling, secure coding, identity management, and network security (2+ years preferred)

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with stakeholders to enhance the security of processes
  • Coordinate with broader teams to address security findings
  • Assess existing processes to confirm the presence of secure mechanisms and validate controls
  • Implement mechanisms to introduce efficient security controls
  • Proactively identify vulnerabilities within the AWS data center operations

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off and parental leave
  • Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage
  • Mental health support and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Full Job Description
We are looking for an experienced security engineer with networking and hardware experience to join the AWS team.

The Hardware Supply Chain Security team evaluates the risk within AWS operating environments and works with teams across the company to develop creative mitigations for the global AWS fleet. This holistic view of risk spans specific domains of hardware, networking, and human operations. In this role the security engineer will look across these areas to identify risks and propose mitigations. They will hunt down and discover security vulnerability in AWS data center operations. Our team proactively identifies gaps, vulnerabilities, and solutions across the entire lifecycle of the datacenter.

As a security engineer, you will own the relationships with customer teams, dive deep to understand the security risks and business challenges, leveraging your years of broad and deep experience to help formulate and drive more secure outcomes. You will dive deep to understand where logical controls thwart physical and remote attackers. You will use threat models, assume breach, and devise strategies to prevent and detect remote attackers in our cutting edge environments. AWS operates at very large scale and demands high standards, so a passion and discipline around security and delivery is critical. A high level of ownership and accountability is a must.

Key job responsibilities

- Work with stakeholders to ensure new and existing processes are secure

- Calibrate with broader team on security findings

- Review processes to ensure secure mechanisms exist and validate security controls

- Establish mechanisms to introduce security controls reducing individual reviews

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

- 3+ years of Hardware Security and Operational Supply Chain Security experience

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++

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.

USA, TX, Austin - 159,300.00 - 202,400.00 USD annually

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Amazon Careers

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