Senior Security Engineer, Payments Security
Description For Senior Security Engineer, Payments Security
Come build the future with us! In Payments Security, we protect foundational systems and products that allow Amazon to accept payments for all goods, content and services that people buy at Amazon and around the world. We are looking for a high caliber, innovative Senior Security Engineer to secure Amazon Payments' most critical businesses protecting mission-critical services and customer experiences.
You will focus on securing the ecosystem in Amazon Payments that processes millions of transactions every day across dozens of countries and payment methods. Over 100 million customers and merchants send tens of billions of dollars through our systems annually. We are re-inventing the vision of our platform to provide our internal and external clients the best payment gateway service.
Key responsibilities include:
- Perform security reviews including secure design and architecture, threat modeling, secure code reviews, security testing, and security certifications
- Identify security gaps in applications, services, or products both internally developed and third party solutions
- Determine findings criticality and provide actionable risk mitigation recommendations
- Communicate findings to relevant stakeholders and drive mitigation of findings
- Design, develop, deploy, and maintain security automation and secure-by-default solutions
- Contribute to short and long-term security strategy
- Lead new security initiatives with end-to-end ownership
- Support mentoring, team building, recruiting and onboarding activities
This role offers a challenging and rewarding opportunity to solve difficult security problems at planetary scale. You will help ensure customer data security across Amazon Payments products and services, define security strategies, and work with talented teams within Amazon.
Amazon Security values diverse experiences and offers opportunities for career growth, ongoing learning, and work-life harmony. Join us in addressing the toughest security challenges and help us become Earth's Best Employer.
Responsibilities For Senior Security Engineer, Payments Security
- Perform security reviews including secure design and architecture, threat modeling, secure code reviews, security testing, and security certifications
- Identify security gaps in applications, services, or products
- Determine findings criticality and provide actionable risk mitigation recommendations
- Communicate findings to stakeholders and drive mitigation of findings
- Design, develop, deploy, and maintain security automation and secure-by-default solutions
- Contribute to short and long-term security strategy
- Lead new security initiatives with end-to-end ownership
- Support mentoring, team building, recruiting and onboarding activities
Requirements For Senior Security Engineer, Payments Security
- Bachelor's degree
- 5+ years of experience in application security, product security, or systems security
- 3+ years of experience in security automation
- 1+ years of experience in at least one scripting or compiled language such as JavaScript, Go, Ruby, C# or C/C++, Ruby
- Experience driving multiple technically complex security initiatives while remaining effective at providing security guidance to stakeholders
Benefits For Senior Security Engineer, Payments Security
- Medical Insurance
- Financial Benefits
- Career Growth Opportunities
- Work-Life Balance
