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Security Engineer II, Prime Air Information Security
Amazon
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Remote Eligibility
On-site
Domain
Security Operations
State
Texas
City
Austin
Job Description
Posted on:
March 19, 2025
Primary NIST Speciality
Protect and Defend
NIST Sub-speciality
Vulnerability Assessment and Management
Seniority
Experienced
Salary ($K)
-
Summary and company overview
Summary
Amazon Prime Air is looking for a Security Engineer to focus on our applications, systems, and infrastructure security. If you are seeking an iterative fast-paced environment where you can drive innovation, apply state-of-the-art technologies to solve large-scale real world delivery challenges, and provide visible benefit to end-users, this is your opportunity.
You are obsessed with customer trust. You have breadth and depth of security knowledge and can identify and advise on security across multiple areas of an organization. You will work to help other teams create solutions while developing strong security culture and practices.
You have industry-leading technical abilities and are strong in multiple domains. You work with groups throughout Amazon Prime Air to help them integrate security at all levels of their projects. You are involved in hands-on security assessments, develop and provide guidance, and advocate security engineering best practices. You proactively and continually improve your level of knowledge about Amazon’s business, information security, and relevant technologies.
If this sounds like you....Come work on the Amazon Prime Air Information Security Team! We’re working on the future.
Responsibilities
- Work with data scientists, software development engineers, and other security engineers across multiple teams to develop innovative security solutions
- Create, update, and maintain threat models for a wide variety of software projects
- Conduct Manual and Automated Secure Code Reviews
- Identify security gaps in applications, services, or products both internally developed and third party solutions
Job Requirements
Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or similar object oriented language experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP
- Detailed knowledge of system security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques, including penetration testing and the development of exploits
- Detailed knowledge of Threat modeling and security risk analysis
- Working knowledge of global data privacy, information security regulations and policies
Preferred Qualifications
- 2+ years of any combination of the following: threat modeling experience, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration and network security experience
- Experience with service-oriented architecture and web services security
- Experience with the application of threat modeling or other risk identification techniques
- Experience designing and/or reviewing the security of systems in conjunction with a development team
- Experience in risk identification, secure software design, secure architectures, security testing, or vulnerability detection or remediation
Additional commentary
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Summary and company overview
Summary
Amazon Prime Air is looking for a Security Engineer to focus on our applications, systems, and infrastructure security. If you are seeking an iterative fast-paced environment where you can drive innovation, apply state-of-the-art technologies to solve large-scale real world delivery challenges, and provide visible benefit to end-users, this is your opportunity.
You are obsessed with customer trust. You have breadth and depth of security knowledge and can identify and advise on security across multiple areas of an organization. You will work to help other teams create solutions while developing strong security culture and practices.
You have industry-leading technical abilities and are strong in multiple domains. You work with groups throughout Amazon Prime Air to help them integrate security at all levels of their projects. You are involved in hands-on security assessments, develop and provide guidance, and advocate security engineering best practices. You proactively and continually improve your level of knowledge about Amazon’s business, information security, and relevant technologies.
If this sounds like you....Come work on the Amazon Prime Air Information Security Team! We’re working on the future.
About
Amazon
Company Size
Very large (20K+)
Employer type
Enterprise
Company Rating (Glassdoor)
3.8
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