Sr. Security Engineer, AppSec - Amazon StoresSecurity ...

Amazon
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Sr. Security Engineer, AppSec - Amazon Stores SecurityJob ID: 2943294 | Amazon Development Centre (London) Limited AtAmazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust anddelivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization isresponsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for securityacross all of Amazon’s products and services. We offer talentedsecurity professionals the chance to accelerate their careers withopportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areasincluding cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare,operations, and physical stores. In Amazon Stores, we ship some ofthe widest arrays of technology found at any company. FromAmazon.com to world class machine learning pipelines, fromleading-edge digital healthcare to no-checkout retail, we push theboundaries of technology in every direction using the globe’slargest AWS deployment. As a Senior Security Engineer, you willcollaborate with software development teams to ensure we keep ourcustomers safe while developing these novel services. In a givenday, you might be inspecting an application’s code for securityissues, building a new framework to help our software developersbuild faster and more securely, or fine-tuning the design for a newservice alongside its software developers. The ideal candidatecombines technical acumen with an ability to lead by influence andcommunicate clearly. Technically, this person will be a securitygeneralist with one or more areas of deep expertise. In theircommunication, they will clearly articulate risks to technical andnon-technical audiences alike. Interpersonally, successfulcandidates will effectively harmonize disparate opinions whileeffectively prioritizing risks to guide their partners towardssecure solutions. Our organization prizes its employees, and weshow it through investing in work-life harmony. We have dedicatedresources that consistently innovate in reducing on-call time andensuring the team spend their time on the highest-value tasks. Jointhe stores AppSec organization to work hard, have fun, and makehistory! Key job responsibilities 1. Creating, updating, andmaintaining threat models for a wide variety of software projects.2. Manual and Automated Secure Code Review, primarily in Java,Python and Javascript. 3. Development of security automation tools.4. Adversarial security analysis using leading-edge tools toaugment manual effort. 5. Security training and outreach forinternal development teams. 6. Security architecture and designguidance. 7. Independently solve security problems that requirenovel methods or approaches. 8. Influence your team’s and partners’process, priorities, and choices to improve outcomes. BASICQUALIFICATIONS - BS in Computer Science or equivalent qualificationor extensive years of demonstrated experience in areas such asapplication security, offensive security and/or systems security. -Understanding of threat modeling, manual source code review,security vulnerabilities, attacker exploit techniques, and methodsfor their remediation. - Excellent written and verbal communicationskills with the ability to adapt messaging to executive, technical,and non-technical audiences. - Ability to drive multipletechnically complex security reviews together while remainingeffective at providing security guidance to stakeholders andability to work with a high degree of autonomy. PREFERREDQUALIFICATIONS - You demonstrate excellent judgement in assessingand prioritizing technical risk. - You have a strong applicationsecurity background with a focus on scalable solutions. - You haveexperience building and securing complex AWS architecture. - Youhave excellent written and verbal communication skills. - You workto identify and remove bottlenecks for your teammates, both inprocess and technology. Amazon is an equal opportunities employer.We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce iscentral to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on yourexperience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent,simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security ofyour data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consultour Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) toknow more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal dataof our candidates. Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusiveworkplace. If you have a disability and need a workplaceaccommodation or adjustment during the application and hiringprocess, including support for the interview or onboarding process,please visithttps://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for moreinformation. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed,please contact your Recruiting Partner.#J-18808-Ljbffr

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