Security Engineer I, Security Incident Response Team (SIRT)

Amazon • Seattle, WA

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About The Position

Ever wondered how Amazon offers the earth’s biggest selection and still manages to offer lower prices every day to our customers? The Automated Profitability Management (APM) team creates the systems to ensure that as APM increases selections at scale, it does so in a profitable way allowing Amazon to offer the most competitive prices. Given the rapid growth of our business we apply cutting edge technology to complex business problems. We are seeking SDEs who want to stretch both their technical abilities and their business awareness while solving such problems. These projects have huge visibility and impact as those are tied very closely to Amazon’s profitability and growth. Innovation Are you seeking an environment where you can drive innovation? Do you want to apply state-of-the-art computer technologies to solve real world problems? Do you want to pave the future of Amazon Retail, enhancing how we do business? Opportunity To meet these challenges, Amazon's Vendor Terms team is looking for passionate, talented, and super-smart software engineers to work on the development of a green field system. We are looking for people who innovate, love solving hard problems, and never take 'no' for an answer. Our engineers are top-notch software developers in the industry, who work hard, have fun, and make history. 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. 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. 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 and 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.

Requirements

• 2+ years of web protocols, common security attacks, and remediation (non-internship) experience
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
• Knowledge of system security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques, including penetration testing and the development of exploits or equivalent
• Experience with web protocols, common security attacks, and remediation (non-internship)
• Experience solving basic problems by writing code or scripts with some assistance

Nice To Haves

• Experience with AWS services or other cloud offerings
• GCIH (GIAC Certified Incident Handler) or GSEC (GIAC Security Essentials) or Security+

Responsibilities

• Responding to security incidents, and coordinating a cohesive response involving multiple teams across Amazon.
• Providing security engineering solutions and support during customer-facing incidents, proactively considering the prevention of similar incidents from occurring in the future.
• Assisting in the development of pragmatic solutions that achieve business requirements while maintaining an acceptable level of risk.
• Identifying and recommending solutions that improve or expand Amazon’s incident response capabilities.
• Working alongside and mentoring Information Security engineers to improve security, reduce and quickly address risk.
• Evaluating the impact of current security trends, advisories, publications, and academic research to Amazon, coordinating response as necessary across affected teams.
• Keeping your knowledge and skills current with the rapidly changing threat landscape.
• Participating in a follow-the-sun on-call rotation.

Benefits

• Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits .

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees