Senior Security Engineer, AWS Proactive Security Builder Efficiency - Amazon : Job Details

Job ID: 2935543 | Amazon.com Services LLC

Our mission is to uphold the AWS security bar at the lowest cost to AWS builders. We are seeking a talented Security Engineer to help us achieve this mission through strategic and technical leadership. This is a high impact leadership position where you will work across AWS security and service teams to increase builder efficiency as it relates to security.AWS Security holds a high security bar to ensure AWS services meet our customers' expectations at launch and in production. As a Security Engineer, you will help us understand how AWS service teams build new features and services and identify opportunities to inject security into their workflows to reduce the effort service teams spend on security. Opportunities could range from process improvements, automation solutions and secure-by-default mechanisms.A successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to work closely with AWS builders and AWS Security to deliver security outcomes and the lowest builder cost. Software development experience combined with security knowledge will be critical to the candidate's success. The candidate will be able to produce results in the face of ambiguity and imperfect knowledge, and foster constructive dialogue and seek resolution when confronted with disagreement. As such, exemplary written and verbal communication skills are important, as the candidate will frequently work with leadership and colleagues that cross organizational boundaries.Key job responsibilities

A day in the lifeThe Proactive Security Builder Efficiency team is comprised of product managers, program managers and security engineers, all focused on improving the lives of AWS Builders. We have an opportunity to make a large impact by influencing teams across AWS to build and adopt solutions that increase builder efficiency.

- BS (or higher) in Computer Science, Cyber Security or related field, or equivalent work experience.- 5+ years of experience in identifying security issues and risks, and developing mitigation plans- 5+ years of experience in network, system and/or application security- 5+ years of experience in one or more of the following areas: cryptography, web and network protocols, data structures and algorithms, software development, threat modeling, pen tests, or vulnerability assessments

- Experience with creating and securing applications using AWS services.- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences- 4+ years of scripting or programming experience in Ruby, Python, Shell/BASH scripting, Java, C/C++, C*, Perl, or other languages

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