Senior Security Engineer, Amazon

• Be able to assess technical vs. business risks and consistently drive internal engineering teams to take the right actions in the appropriate time frames to mitigate risks
• Have a good mix of broad and deep technical knowledge and a demonstrated background in information security
• Be technically proficient in the fields of network and operating system security, cryptography, software security, security operations, incident response, and emergent security intelligence
• Possess a combination of troubleshooting, technical, and communication skills, as well as the ability to manage a mix of disparate tasks which may include small-project and software development work
• Be comfortable challenging and escalating to senior leadership to always ensure the best outcome for customers
• Triage/assess security issues and engage with internal service teams to ensure prompt remediation of issues, escalating internally as necessary to ensure the right level of urgency and engagement
• BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or 3+ years’ equivalent technology experience
• 3+ years or more of proven experience with a focus in areas such as systems, network, and/or application security

Desirable

• The Amazon Security Cloud Security Response team manages the security and availability of Amazon Security Cloud services. We operate on the ‘Amazon Security’ side of the Shared Responsibility Model to ensure “Security of the Cloud” and to protect our customers
• This role requires engineers to work tactically with both internal and external stakeholders to solve security challenges at massive scale, and to think strategically to develop and implement changes to drive automation, scalability and continuous progress for the organization
• Supply oversight of in-flight security issues
• Triage new incoming issues to determine the level of risk they present to Amazon Security, and then accordingly prioritize its remediation in conjunction with the impacted service team
• Communicate the state of these issues to various audiences, both technical and non-technical, at various levels of seniority (up to and including Amazon Security’ Chief Information Security Officer)
• Escalate issues to senior Amazon Security leadership if you feel your issues are not being treated at the correct pace due to their impact to ensure that we are putting customers first
• Explore building and improving our tooling to make your own life easier, and at the same time, sharing that benefit with all our engineers globally
• In the morning you will take handover from the previous site and be delegated ownership of various security issues presently in-flight. The issues could relate to any of our 200+ products, so you will often need to learn on the go
• You will engage various stakeholders, such as the internal service team who actually needs to fix the issue, along with Amazon Security Leadership, Legal, and the leadership from the impacted service team
• As the day progresses, new issues will be automatically assigned to you based on your workload and you will be responsible for triaging them, determining their level of impact, and work towards resolving them at the appropriate pace
• At the end of the day, you will document all the issues you are tracking so they can be taken over by the site relieving you