Amazon

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Are you passionate about managing security at scale? Selling Partner Services is one of Amazon’s fastest growing business with more than 50% of all items currently sold originating from third-party Sellers. Our vision is to offer a secure world-class Customer experience that enables Selling Partner Services and third-party Developers to innovate rapidly on behalf of Sellers, Vendors and Brand Owners.

Selling Partner Service is looking for an experienced and self-driven Senior Security Engineer to join our team. We are looking for a self-starter with the drive and conviction to do things right the first time and challenge the status quo. You will be a thought leader in the team. You will actively contribute to our security strategy and its implementation. You will lead information security engineering projects to safeguard our services and data. You will perform risk assessments, threat modelling, security reviews and vulnerability remediation. You will design and implement security mechanisms, processes and tools to protect against risks. You will participate in architectural and system design discussions and share your security expertise with technical and business stakeholders across the organization, from engineers to executives. You will collaborate with other security team and share best practices across the organization. The ideal candidate for this role is a security technical expert with experience in technical leadership on large-scale systems.

A Security Engineer in Amazon will be strong in multiple security domains and sought out for advice on technical issues. Efficient time management skills are required along with the ability to deliver results in the face of uncertainty. Engineers in this role must show exemplary judgment in making technical trade-offs between short versus long term security and business goals. They must also demonstrate resilience and navigate difficult situations with composure and tact. The successful candidate must be one that can handle several difficult challenges and problems, can make risk-based assessments founded on data and facts.

Additionally, the successful candidate will be:

• Methodical, empirical and experimental in approach and evaluation without being bound by over paralysis-by-analysis;
• Work to improve knowledge of the security field, threat landscape, security intelligence, moving proactively toward prevention and detection of threats;
• Be a learner and curiosity seeker, focusing on what can be done rather than hindered by notions of what cannot be;
• Possess effective verbal and written communication skills, be passionate about sharing knowledge, tactics, strategy, as well as advocating for the project mission;
• Have excellent time management skills along with the ability to deliver results in the face of uncertainty; and
• Evangelize security within Amazon.com and be an advocate for customer trust.

A successful candidate will be a deeply curious individual who brings technical expertise, and ability to work within a fast-paced startup culture in a large company that has broad business impact. This is a unique opportunity to start with Amazon Payments and innovating and scaling security to protect customer trust.

Key job responsibilities

• Work closely with service teams to identify threats and vulnerabilities throughout Software Development Life Cycle and provide guidance on mitigating the issues.
• Identify and prioritize security problems that can be detected using automation.
• Develop detection prototypes for these security problems to enhance our tool-set for static and dynamic analysis.
• Work with builders and service teams to address detected security problems in an appropriate and timely fashion.
• Identify opportunities to prevent security problems at scale.
• Develop prototypes to prevent these security problems.
• Document and provide security guidance that will be used across Selling Partner Foundation.
• Deliver metrics to show effectiveness of our security initiatives.

About the team

Selling Partner Foundation Security team's mission is to build mechanisms that help prevent security issues from affecting Amazon's Selling Partner Foundation frameworks and applications built on top of these frameworks.

A security engineer in Selling Partner Foundation Security team will work closely with application developers, evangelize security and build scalable vulnerability detection mechanisms that help secure applications.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• BS/B.Tech in Computer Science, Information Security, or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of experience in application security, product security, or systems security.
• 5+ years writing production-level code in at least one scripting or compiled language such as Java, Python, JavaScript, Go, Ruby, C# or C/C++
• Proven experience in threat modeling, code reviews, security testing, vulnerability detection, attacker exploit techniques, and methods for their remediation.
• Strong technical understanding of OWASP Top 10 and application security concepts.
• 5+ years of experience securing cloud services, preferably AWS.
• A strong understanding of payments processing and financial services technologies.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Computer Engineering or equivalent.
• Relevant industry certifications from SANS, GIAC, CISSP, OSCP, etc.
• In-depth technical understanding of OWASP Top 10, and SANS 25 vulnerability identification and remediation.
• Experience with securing financial and payment processing systems, evaluating from Layer 3 to Layer 7 and with end-to-end security ownership.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to adapt messaging to technical and non-technical audiences at all levels including senior leadership.
• History of working autonomously and delivering results in a fast-paced, highly ambiguous environment.
• Experience driving multiple technically complex security initiatives while remaining effective at providing security guidance to stakeholders.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, 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.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $143,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $247,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.