Security Engineer, Maximum Application Security Team (MAST)
Description For Security Engineer, Maximum Application Security Team (MAST)
In Amazon Stores, we ship some of the widest arrays of technology found at any company. From Amazon.com to world class machine learning pipelines, from cutting-edge digital healthcare to no-checkout retail, we push the boundaries of technology in every direction using the globe's largest AWS deployment. As an AppSec engineer, you will collaborate with software development teams to ensure we keep our customers safe while developing these novel services.
In a given day, you might be inspecting an application's code for security issues, building a new framework to help our software developers build faster and more securely, or fine-tuning the design for a new service alongside its software developers. The ideal candidate combines technical acumen with an ability to lead by influence and communicate clearly. Technically, this person will be a security generalist with one or more areas of deep expertise. In their communication, they will clearly articulate risks to technical and non-technical audiences alike.
Key job responsibilities: • Creating, updating, and maintaining threat models for a wide variety of software projects. • Manual and Automated Secure Code Review, primarily in Java, Python and JavaScript. • Development of security automation tools. • Adversarial security analysis using cutting-edge tools to augment manual effort • Security training and outreach for internal development teams. • Security architecture and design guidance • Independently solve security problems that require novel methods or approaches • Influence your team's and partners' process, priorities, and choices to improve outcomes
Amazon Security values diverse experiences and offers 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. We prioritize work-life harmony and provide endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Responsibilities For Security Engineer, Maximum Application Security Team (MAST)
- Create, update, and maintain threat models for various software projects
- Perform manual and automated secure code review, primarily in Java, Python, and JavaScript
- Develop security automation tools
- Conduct adversarial security analysis using cutting-edge tools
- Provide security training and outreach for internal development teams
- Offer security architecture and design guidance
- Independently solve complex security problems
- Influence team and partners' processes, priorities, and choices to improve outcomes
Requirements For Security Engineer, Maximum Application Security Team (MAST)
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
- 3+ years of any combination of the following: threat modeling experience, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration and network security experience
- Experience with AWS products and services (preferred)
- Experience implementing security solutions at the business division level or equivalent (preferred)
