Security Operations Engineer, Amazon

Corporate Security

Salary not provided
AWS
macOS
Linux
Windows
Mid and Senior level
London
Amazon

The largest online retailer and technology provider

Job no longer available

Amazon

The largest online retailer and technology provider

1001+ employees

B2CB2BMarketplaceCloud ComputingeCommerce

Job no longer available

Salary not provided
AWS
macOS
Linux
Windows
Mid and Senior level
London

1001+ employees

B2CB2BMarketplaceCloud ComputingeCommerce

Company mission

To be Earth's most customer-centric company.

Role

Who you are

  • You must thrive in dynamic/ambiguous situations, and think like both an attacker and defender, while working through the entire incident response lifecycle
  • We value broad and deep technical knowledge, specifically in the fields of operating system security, network security, cryptography, software security, malware analysis, forensics, security operations, incident response, and emergent security intelligence
  • We don't expect you to be an expert in all of the domains mentioned above, but we do expect you to be excited to learn about them!
  • You must have a passion for engineering solutions to complex security challenges, and recognize and fill gaps in capabilities
  • Above all, you should be passionate about information security, the threat landscape and security automation and tooling
  • BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent related field
  • 3 years or more of demonstrated experience with a focus in areas such as systems, network, and/or application security
  • 2 plus years experience on a Security team, especially experience coordinating responses to security incidents
  • Proficiency with one high-level programming or scripting language

Desirable

  • 3+ years experience working in security response, security automation tooling, or threat intelligence
  • Familiarity with malware analysis, forensics, SOAR, SIEM platforms, and a variety of Operating Systems (MS Windows, Linux, MacOS)
  • Experience with Amazon Web Services
  • Meets/exceeds Amazon’s leadership principles requirements for this role

What the job involves

  • The Amazon Web Services team is looking for a passionate Security Incident Response Engineer who can lead the response to security issues across the largest cloud provider in the world
  • You'll be working in a global team environment where clear and accurate communication and collaboration on security issues is critical
  • In this role you'll be conducting security monitoring and response activities for the Amazon internal network
  • You'll apply your creative and critical problem solving skills to quickly design and build tooling that enables programmatic automation at a massive scale

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Insights

16% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Our take

Amazon is the world's largest online retailer, and is well-known for its disruption of well-established industries. The company is present in numerous verticals, including cloud computing with Amazon Web Services, AI with its range of Alexa devices and a global marketplace more commonly referred to as 'the everything store'. Acquisitions include Ring, Twitch, Whole Foods Market, and IMDb.

More recently, Amazon has been focused on leading the "third wave in digital advertising". Many businesses are now shifting ad dollars to retailers, which before would have been spent with online media platforms. Amazon's seen great success in the space, with its revenue from advertising now higher than its Amazon Prime membership scheme, audiobooks and digital music combined. This growth is particularly impressive considering its digital ad rivals (like Snap, Alphabet, and Meta) have suffered declines due to wider macroeconomic factors and Apple's iOS privacy changes.

Despite its dominant market position, Amazon will continue to be challenged over the next decade, including sustaining AWS's cloud dominance in the face of Google and Microsoft. On top of this, the company's e-commerce division is facing profitability problems despite its 2023 post-IPO debt funding of 8 billion. It will need to find new ways to stay above their competitors.

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