Sr. Security Engineer, Application Security
Description For Sr. Security Engineer, Application Security
Amazon Stores is at the forefront of technological innovation, delivering a diverse range of solutions from amazon.com to advanced machine learning pipelines and innovative digital healthcare. As a Senior Security Engineer in Application Security, you'll play a crucial role in safeguarding these cutting-edge services while collaborating with development teams. Your responsibilities will span from code inspection and security framework development to service design optimization. The role demands both technical expertise as a security generalist and strong communication skills to effectively convey risks to various stakeholders.
The position offers a strong emphasis on work-life harmony, with the organization actively investing in reducing on-call demands and ensuring high-value task focus. You'll be part of the stores AppSec organization, working on critical security initiatives while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. The team values flexible scheduling and measures success through impact rather than hours worked.
Key responsibilities include threat modeling, security architecture guidance, code review in Java, Python, and Javascript, security automation tool development, and security training for development teams. You'll work with cutting-edge technologies across Amazon's vast technology landscape, from e-commerce platforms to healthcare solutions, all while ensuring robust security measures.
The ideal candidate will combine deep technical knowledge with excellent communication and leadership skills. You'll need to effectively prioritize risks, guide partners toward secure solutions, and work collaboratively in a dynamic environment. This role offers significant opportunities for professional growth, with access to extensive learning resources and the chance to work on some of the most complex security challenges in technology.
Amazon Security values diverse experiences and perspectives, offering opportunities to build expertise across various domains including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, and physical stores. The team culture promotes continuous learning, diversity, and inclusion, recognizing that addressing complex security challenges requires a variety of viewpoints and approaches.
Responsibilities For Sr. Security Engineer, Application Security
- Creating, updating, and maintaining threat models for software projects
- Security architecture and design guidance
- Manual and Automated Secure Code Review
- Development of security automation tools
- Adversarial security analysis
- Security training and outreach for internal development teams
- Independently solve security problems
- Influence team's and partners' process, priorities, and choices
Requirements For Sr. Security Engineer, Application Security
- BS in Computer Science, Information Security
- 5+ years of demonstrated experience in application security, offensive security and/or systems security
- Strong understanding of threat modeling, design and architecture review
- Excellent understanding of network architecture, enterprise IT systems and cloud such as AWS
- Programming/Scripting skills (Java, Python, Perl, Bash, Ruby, PowerShell)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong problem-solving ability
- Ability to work in ambiguous and constantly evolving environment
Benefits For Sr. Security Engineer, Application Security
- Flexible work hours
- Work-life balance
- Career development opportunities
- Mentorship programs
- Training and learning resources
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