Key job responsibilities
Build the systems that determine why vulnerabilities persist across the AWS host fleet and drive them to remediation automatically.
Build detection that identifies where patching automation is not reaching hosts, and route what it finds to the owning team.
Prototype fast against fleet-scale security data, then take what works to production and own it there, including on-call.
Partner with AWS service teams and security platform teams to reduce the attack surface across the fleet.
A day in the life
You will spend your days building and operating the systems that find and eliminate the causes of vulnerabilities across the AWS host fleet, at a scale where every decision has to be right the first time. You will prototype an idea, prove it against real fleet data, and take the ones that work into production. You will work directly with AWS service teams to turn what you find into remediation they can act on immediately. The team is security engineers with deep fleet expertise, a technical program manager, and a support engineer, and the engineering team is growing.
About the team
Our team owns host operating system vulnerability management for AWS. We find the hardest problems keeping vulnerabilities alive in the fleet, build the services that eliminate them, and work directly with the AWS service teams who run that fleet. You will build security services that protect AWS from real adversaries, at a scale where the solution has to be automatic. The engineering team is growing and the scope grows with it.
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.
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 & 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.
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.
3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
Experience programming with at least one software programming language
3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
Experience designing and owning a system consumed by other teams, including its data model and interface contract
Experience operating what you build in production, including on-call, alarming, and operational metrics
Experience building production data-intensive systems with distributed processing frameworks such as Spark, EMR, or Glue
Experience with data lakes or warehouse services such as Iceberg, Athena, Redshift, or equivalent, and strong SQL skills against large datasets
Experience taking a prototype to a production service
Interest in or exposure to security engineering, vulnerability management, or large-scale fleet operations
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.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, WA, Seattle - 143,700.00 - 194,400.00 USD annually
