20 hours ago
Arlington, VA, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$136k - $184k/yr
Responsibilities
- Conduct security reviews of new and existing services, including architecture and design evaluations.
- Perform structured threat modeling to identify attack vectors and application security weaknesses.
- Coordinate penetration testing and validate security controls and exploitable vulnerabilities.
- Document, track, communicate, and verify remediation of security findings.
- Advise development teams on secure coding, authentication and authorization, cryptography, and data protection.
- Escalate high-severity issues and support timely remediation aligned with launch timelines.
- Maintain documentation of review outcomes, security decisions, and risk assessments.
- Use automated tools to improve security review efficiency.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- At least 2 years of non-internship experience with web protocols, common security attacks, and remediation.
- 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 benefits include medical, dental, vision, prescription, life and AD&D insurance, supplemental life plans, an Employee Assistance Program, mental health support, a medical advice line, flexible spending accounts, adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.
- Flexible work hours and arrangements are part of the team culture.
- Amazon provides knowledge-sharing, training, and career-advancing resources.
About Amazon
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.