Amazon

Security Engineer, AWS Proactive Security

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Remote, United States or Washington, DC, USAMid Level
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Base Salary

$136k - $184k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Automate the verification and remediation of security issues.
  • Manually audit source code for in-house web services and software.
  • Write proof-of-concept code demonstrating the severity of potential security issues.
  • Communicate security issues to developers and help test proposed fixes.
  • Partner with AWS developers to improve application security through security reviews.
  • Provide actionable long-term risk mitigation guidance.
  • Perform static code analysis and dynamically reproduce issues to determine whether fixes are sufficient for release.

Requirements

  • At least 2 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 scripting with Python, Perl, Bash, or PowerShell.
  • Preferred experience with AWS services or other cloud offerings.
  • Preferred coding or scripting experience in Python, C, C++, Java, Ruby, or PowerShell.
  • Preferred experience using BurpSuite, Metasploit, and IDA Pro.

Benefits

  • Base salary range of $136,000.00-$184,000.00 annually, plus sign-on payments and restricted stock units.
  • Health insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, parental leave, and additional medical and family-support benefits.
  • Flexible work hours and arrangements.
  • Training, knowledge-sharing, and career-advancement resources.

Tech Stack

AWSBashCC++JavaPerlPowerShellPythonRuby

Categories

Amazon

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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