Security Engineer, Amazon

• The ideal candidate combines technical acumen with an ability to lead by influence and communicate clearly
• Technically, this person will be a security generalist with one or more areas of deep expertise
• In their communication, they will clearly articulate risks to technical and non-technical audiences alike
• Interpersonally, successful candidates will effectively harmonize disparate opinions while effectively prioritizing risks to guide their partners towards secure solutions
• Our organization prizes its employees, and we show it through investing in work-life harmony
• We have dedicated resources that consistently innovate in reducing on-call time and ensuring the team spend their time on the highest-value tasks
• Experience with at least one modern language such as Java, Python, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
• Associate's degree or above
• Knowledge of system, network and OS

Desirable

• We are seeking Security Engineers who want to help secure Amazon
• If you’re passionate about Information Security, have exceptional technical depth in one or more security domains, and want to join a large scale, fast-paced organization with global impact on millions of customers, then we’d like to talk to you
• We are passionate in our desire to secure Amazon's environments and protect our customers' trust and unflinching in our resolve to hold the security bar high
• As a Security Engineer, you will be responsible for leading security diligence for acquisitions, designing and guiding post-close acquisition security roadmaps, identifying cross-cutting security risks, and enabling existing Amazon subsidiaries to seamlessly secure their environments through the delivery of innovative security solutions and acting as a Trusted Advisor across the organization
• As part of the team you will also be responsible for improving Amazon’s subsidiary security at a company-wide scale by identifying opportunities to improve, build, or acquire security tooling, processes, and procedures
• Communicate effectively at multiple levels of management and engineering, building trust across the organization, and demonstrating discretion with sensitive information
• Identify and drive continuous process improvements at unprecedented scale
• Support and deliver scalable security solutions across our diverse subsidiary networks
• Strong desire to up-skill and self-develop to learn at Amazon scale
• Demonstrate and promote security best practices and influence others to do the same
• Perform threat modeling and turn that into actionable plans to reduce risk
• Conduct pre-acquisition security due diligence interviews and create security findings and recommendations reports
• Create post-close secure integration roadmaps for new acquisitions, act as a Trusted Advisor to new and existing subsidiaries
• Identify the need for and evaluate security tooling, support the development of new tools and managed services