Amazon

Security Engineer I, AppSTAR

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Base Salary

$136k - $184k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Perform threat modeling and security assessments to identify vulnerabilities and recommend prioritized remediation strategies.
  • Conduct security code reviews covering source-code weaknesses, input handling, authentication mechanisms, and secure coding practices.
  • Develop and maintain security runbooks, tools, and automation scripts.
  • Partner with engineering and cross-functional teams to integrate security into design, development, testing, and deployment.
  • Investigate security issues, perform root cause analysis, and coordinate corrective actions.

Requirements

  • At least two years of non-internship experience with web protocols, common security attacks, and remediation.
  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or a related field.
  • Knowledge of system security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques, including penetration testing and exploit development or equivalent experience.
  • Experience solving basic problems by writing code or scripts with some assistance.
  • Preferred: experience with AWS services or other cloud offerings.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, prescription, life, AD&D, employee assistance, mental health, medical advice line, and flexible spending account benefits.
  • 401(k) matching, paid time off, parental leave, and adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage.
  • Sign-on payments and restricted stock units are included in the Amazon package.
  • Position located in Austin, Texas, USA.

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About Amazon

10,000+ employees

Amazon builds and operates a global e-commerce marketplace, logistics network, and consumer devices, and provides cloud computing via AWS for businesses and developers. The company earns revenue from online retail, third‑party seller services, subscriptions like Prime, advertising, and AWS usage. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Seattle, it is publicly traded on NASDAQ (AMZN) and serves customers in dozens of countries.

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