Senior Security Engineer, AWS Foundational Services Security

Description We're looking for a Security Engineer to join the team that secures the foundational Identity and crypto systems powering AWS.

You'll work directly with service teams across some of the most critical systems in cloud computing to find and fix security risks before they become problems. You will design security controls and provide architectural guidance for systems that operate at massive scale and underpin the core cloud platform millions of customers depend on. You'll also work closely with fast-paced engineering teams to pioneer new ways of securing AI-first and AI-native development, shaping how security keeps up as the industry transforms.

Key job responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain automated security guardrails and paved paths that enable secure-by-default practices

Engage early with development teams at the ideation and design stage to embed security into applications from the start, providing guidance on secure architecture and coding practices

Build automated, continuous security assessment capabilities that replace manual security reviews and scale across our business unit

Contribute code for security fixes and paved path solutions directly alongside developers, making the secure path the easy path

Partner with developers to build scalable, self-service security tools that enable teams to identify and remediate security risks without bottlenecking on security teams

Design and implement preventive and detective security controls that provide continuous assurance rather than point-in-time assessments

Collaborate with security stakeholders to define and drive the long-term security strategy and participate in periodic on-call rotations to support security incidents

Leverage AI tools and techniques to accelerate security assessments, automate threat detection, and drive innovation in how we secure systems at scale

About The Team Diverse Experiences Amazon Security values diverse experiences. 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.

Why Amazon Security? At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon’s products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores

Inclusive Team Culture In Amazon Security, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.

Training & Career Growth We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

Basic Qualifications

5+ 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

5+ years of (non-internship) scripting, programming, and security code review in common programming languages experience

Experience (non-internship) in scripting, programming, and security code reviewing in a common programming language

Experience (non-internship) in troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating complex tasks using command line tools

Experience working in identifying security issues and risks, and developing mitigation plans

Experience (non-internship) in industry-based security vulnerabilities identification, attack patterns, and remediation techniques

Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

Preferred Qualifications

Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques or equivalent

Experience with security in service-oriented architectures/microservices and web services
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