Security Engineer, Amazon

• You will draw heavily on your experience collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data to create compelling written and verbal communications to peer teams and organizational leadership
• If you are excited about the challenges and opportunities described here and you have the background, education, and experience to excel in these areas, we’d love to talk with you further about our company, the team, and how you are uniquely qualified to join us!
• Even if you do not meet all of the 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
• 3+ years of scripting, programming, and security code review in a common programming language (non-internship) experience
• 2+ years of troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating basic tasks using command line tools (non-internship) experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP
• Knowledge of industry-based security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques
• Familiarity with relevant identity-oriented standards, such as NIST800-63 and GDPR

Desirable

• We are seeking a Security Engineer to participate in architectural reviews and threat models, develop and support requirements for Amazon’s Identity and Access Management initiatives
• You will support programs that improve access management infrastructure across a complex global environment, develop policies and procedures for the identity lifecycle, and provide identity and authN/authZ design review and threat modeling services across the enterprise
• Data-driven decisions are important to Amazon
• We primarily drive improvements to authentication and authorization for Stores, Digital and Other (SDO)
• We invest in deeply understanding the different ways Amazon does business to devise strategies that meaningfully improve security posture, while enabling business productivity
• As a core component of modern technology, IAM provides security teams with a mechanism to holistically enforce central security policy and reduce the risk of fraud and lateral movement
• The role advises the business on IAM security risks and best practices through a combination of consultation and project engagements
• The role envisions, advocates for and implements AmSec IAM guidance for human, device and service identity workloads