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Description

Amazon’s Customer Logistics Security team is looking for a skilled security engineer to join our team’s efforts to help keep Amazon secure by uncovering and exploiting vulnerabilities. In this role, you will be part of a dedicated team of talented security engineers performing penetration testing and red teaming exercises.

You will strive to understand systems, software, and services deeply and develop creative ways to break assumptions in order to find vulnerabilities. You will help mitigate vulnerabilities/risks by providing actionable guidance to product teams and drive long term security improvements. You will build automation and tooling to solve security problems at scale for our customers.

Key job responsibilities

- Conducting high quality penetration tests and red team engagements independently, or as part of a team.

- Creating detailed engagement plans and thoroughly documenting findings, gaps, and remediation recommendations.

- Contributing to team tooling, innovation, and improvements.

- Communicating and collaborating with partner teams, service owners, other security teams, and senior leadership to influence, prioritize, and drive the resolution of discovered security findings.

A day in the life

As a security engineer, you will perform various day-to-day activities related to ensuring the security of Amazon's systems. These tasks may include conducting offensive security engagements to identify vulnerabilities in systems that could be exploited by attackers, providing training and outreach to internal development teams to improve their understanding of security best practices, developing security guidance documentation to help others understand how to implement secure systems and applications, delivering security metrics to stakeholders and working on improving the overall security posture of our customers

About the team

Diverse Experiences

Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why Amazon Security

At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon’s products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.

Work/Life Balance

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

Inclusive Team Culture

In Amazon Security, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.

Training and Career Growth

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Basic Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering or related field with 3+ years of experience in red teaming and/or penetration testing.

- Experience with offensive security testing tools (Cobalt Strike, Sliver, etc.) and MITRE ATT&CK framework.

- Understanding of security vulnerabilities and mitigations with experience emulating both external and insider threats.

- Scripting experience (in Python, JavaScript, etc.).

Preferred Qualifications

- Proven ability to plan, execute, and lead end-to-end red team engagements, covering all stages of the kill chain (reconnaissance, initial access, persistence, lateral movement, and objective completion).

- Experience with source code review (in C, Java, Ruby, Python, Rust etc.) to find security issues.

- Experience with cloud security concepts and technologies (e.g., AWS, Azure, or GCP).

- Knowledge of operating system (Windows, Linux, etc.) internals.

- Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS, TCP/IP.

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 $136,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $212,800/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.