Amazon

Security Engineer, Leo Security

Amazon$159K — $202K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++, or a similar object-oriented language.
  • 3+ years in scripting, programming, and performing security code reviews.
  • 3+ years troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, and automating tasks via command line tools.
  • Bachelor's degree in a STEM field or relevant IT security experience.
  • Knowledge of industry security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques.

Responsibilities

  • Define, develop, and implement Leo's security detection pipeline.
  • Advocate for new testing tools and security detection mechanisms.
  • Identify design defects and build detective controls.
  • Collaborate with leaders to define and prioritize security initiatives.
  • Guide teams to ensure products safely handle customer data.
  • Mentor individuals to become security advocates and engineers.
  • Assist Red Teams in penetration testing and security issue investigations.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • 401(k) matching and flexible spending accounts.
  • Paid time off and parental leave.
  • EAP and mental health support services.
  • Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage.
Full Job Description
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Redmond, WA, USA

Leo is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband network connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.

Have you wanted an opportunity to secure an advanced satellite based broadband telecom service? The Leo Security team owns the security of product and operations of Leo end-to-end. We provide the necessary infrastructure and mechanisms to ensure the security of our satellite constellation and to protect the integrity and confidentiality of our customer data. Our team drives the research & development, deployment and operation of several mission-critical security systems and mechanisms. You will work in a start-up like environment, backed by Amazon's infrastructure to bootstrap security mechanisms, and help instill the security culture in the organization.

Export Control Requirement

Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Key job responsibilities

You will help define develop and implement Leo's detection pipeline. You will advocate for the creation & deployment of new testing tools, and detection mechanisms. You will leverage support from automation teams that find discoverable vulnerabilities.

You'll identify design & implementation defects and build compensating detective controls. You'll support product development processes by providing consultation services on difficult security decisions.

You will collaborate with business leaders to define security priorities. You will support product leaders by acting as a trusted advisor. You will support leaders by providing them with direction that makes security easy. You will help leaders measure their org's security execution. You'll guide teams towards outcomes that produce products that safely handle customer data.

You will collaborate with builder teams to assess technical debt and risk. You will provide strategic direction that addresses vulnerabilities and fortifies our products. You will be a resource that leads the burn down of long-term risk.

You will instill a security culture in builder teams. You will mentor builders who aspire to become security advocates & security engineers via 1-1 sessions & office hours.

You will assist Red Teams in identifying security testing priorities. You will assist in scoping penetration tests and help deep-dive on these engagements. You will investigate emerging security issue, root cause them, and devise mechanisms to detect them.

And last of all, you will hack some really cool bleeding edge tech!

A day in the life

In this highly dynamic role, you'll be accountable for deciding where your time investments provide the most value. You will have a blend of building preventive and detective controls. Teams will reach out for ideas on how to handle a wide variety of security problems. You can anticipate implementation questions like

"What's the paved path for vulnerability management?"

"We've experienced an incident and need to perform 5 why's analysis to identify and correct the problem that produced the incident."

When you're not working on responding to the questions of builder teams, you will be evaluating overall org performance to identify architectural defects and proposing new security scanning capability and threat detections to correct problems in the org. You will help Amazon maintain a high bar for customer security.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 3+ years of programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or similar object oriented language experience

- 3+ years of scripting, programming, and security code review in a common programming language (non-internship) experience

- 3+ years of troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating basic tasks using command line tools (non-internship) experience

- Bachelor's degree in a STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), or experience in IT Security

- Knowledge of industry-based security vulnerabilities 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 performing security activities across one or more phases of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), such as security design review, threat modeling, secure code review, and security testing

- Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP(S), DNS, and TCP/IP

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, WA, Redmond - 159,300.00 - 202,400.00 USD annually

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