Senior Security Engineer, Amazon

• A successful candidate will need a combination of troubleshooting, technical, and communication skills, as well as the ability to handle a mix of disparate tasks which may include project and software development work
• 4+ years of non-internship background in troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating complex tasks using command line tools experience
• 5+ years of work in identifying security issues and risks, and developing mitigation plans experience
• 4+ years of (non-internship) scripting, programming, and security code review in common programming languages experience
• Knowledge of at least two of the following programming languages: Scala, Java, Python, C/C++, or Go
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

Desirable

• You will be responsible for analysing the security of applications and services, discovering and addressing security issues, 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 leading-edge services
• You will be 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
• This role will provide career growth opportunities as you gain new security skills in the course of your duties, including:
• Application security reviews
• Penetration testing
• 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
• Assistance with recruiting activities and administrative work