Security Engineer I, Vulnerability Management and Remediation Operations
Description For Security Engineer I, Vulnerability Management and Remediation Operations
Join Amazon's Security team as a Security Engineer I in the Vulnerability Management & Remediation Operations (VMRO) team based in Sydney, Australia. This role combines software engineering with security expertise, focusing on protecting Amazon's vast ecosystem. You'll be responsible for discovering, assessing, and remediating vulnerabilities across Amazon's infrastructure.
The position offers an opportunity to work with cutting-edge security technologies and frameworks while contributing to the safety of one of the world's largest technology companies. You'll collaborate with various teams to implement security fixes, develop automation tools, and maintain vulnerability detection systems.
This role is perfect for someone with a strong foundation in software development and security engineering, particularly in vulnerability management. You'll need experience with object-oriented programming languages and security engineering practices. Knowledge of AWS services and common vulnerability scanning tools is a plus.
The role combines hands-on technical work with collaborative problem-solving, requiring both independent work and team coordination. You'll be part of a critical team that helps maintain Amazon's security posture, with opportunities to work on complex security challenges at scale.
Benefits include working with industry-leading security tools and frameworks, exposure to enterprise-scale security operations, and the opportunity to grow your career at a global technology leader. The position includes on-call responsibilities, ensuring continuous monitoring and rapid response to security issues.
Responsibilities For Security Engineer I, Vulnerability Management and Remediation Operations
- Review and analyse common vulnerability disclosures and assist in evaluating potential impacts
- Understand technical details of vulnerabilities affecting Amazon's infrastructure, services, and applications
- Help triage vulnerabilities and contribute to impact assessments and detection logic assessments
- Collaborate with builder teams to implement security fixes and improvements
- Implement and maintain vulnerability detection mechanisms using established frameworks and tooling
- Contribute to the development of automation tools and workflows to support team operations
- Contribute to detection development for hosts and containers
- Participate in an on-call rotation to support continuous monitoring and remediation of vulnerabilities
Requirements For Security Engineer I, Vulnerability Management and Remediation Operations
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Cybersecurity or related technical degree or equivalent; or 2+ years equivalent technology experience
- Experience programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or similar object oriented language
- 3+ years security engineering experience in vulnerability management or vulnerability signature detection development
- 2+ years security engineering experience in system, network, and/or application security
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