Security Engineer, EPP Analytics
Description For Security Engineer, EPP Analytics
The Amazon Security Enterprise Protection team builds tools and services for the monitoring and response to malicious activity on the Amazon internal network. We collect, process, and analyze data from all parts of Amazon's worldwide infrastructure to identify and reduce risks to Amazon. We are looking for a Security Engineer who is excited about designing and building secure solutions to solve challenging problems for mission critical systems that protect Amazon and our customer data.
Key responsibilities include:
- Collaborating with internal service teams, IT services teams, Risk Assessment and Security Response teams to build detections and analytics that find and reduce insider risk.
- Bringing deep security knowledge and experience to builder teams to help them build better controls and audit capabilities.
- Developing detections and response plans that inform the right people when anomalies occur.
- Leading complex and ambiguous projects.
- Contributing to "think big" ideas about radically changing the approach to this problem space.
- Helping drive feedback and prioritization models.
- Leading calibration and review exercises across teams to ensure a consistent approach to detections.
The role offers diverse experiences and the chance to accelerate your career with opportunities to build experience in various areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores. Amazon Security values work-life harmony, offering flexible work hours and arrangements. The team culture is inclusive, continuously learning, and embraces diversity of ideas and perspectives.
Join the Amazon Security organization to work hard, have fun, and make history!
Responsibilities For Security Engineer, EPP Analytics
- Design and build secure solutions for mission critical systems
- Collaborate with internal teams to build detections and analytics for insider risk
- Develop and fine-tune tools and services for security monitoring and response
- Lead complex and ambiguous projects
- Contribute to strategic thinking and innovation in the security space
- Conduct code inspections for security issues
- Design and develop new tools and services
- Articulate risks to technical and non-technical audiences
- Harmonize disparate opinions while prioritizing risks
Requirements For Security Engineer, EPP Analytics
- BS in computer science, computer security, networking, information systems, computer engineering, systems engineering (or similar field); or 5+ years' equivalent experience
- 3+ years' experience in at least two of the following areas: threat intelligence, security engineering, data mining, information security, security operations/incident response, cyber-crime investigations or intelligence, fraud prevention, cyber threat hunting
- Proficiency using programming languages: Python required. Other languages are a plus (Go, Ruby, Shell/Bash scripting, Java, Javascript/TypeScript, Rust, etc)
- 3-5+ years experience using SQL or other query languages
- Ability to conduct technical research across several layers of the tech stack and automating tools
Benefits For Security Engineer, EPP Analytics
- Flexible work hours
- Work-life harmony
- Career growth opportunities
- Diverse experiences
- Inclusive team culture
- Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences
- Knowledge-sharing and training resources
