Security Engineer, Leo Security

Amazon • Redmond, WA

7d • $136,000 - $184,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Leo is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband network connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world. The Leo Security team owns the security of product and environment of Leo end-to-end. We provide the necessary infrastructure and mechanisms to ensure the security of our satellite constellation and to protect the integrity and confidentiality of our customer data. Our team drives the research & development, deployment and operation of several mission-critical security systems and mechanisms. You will work in a start-up like environment, backed by Amazon’s infrastructure to bootstrap security mechanisms, and help instill the security culture in the organization.

Requirements

• 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
• Experience with any combination of the following: threat modeling, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration and network security
• Knowledge of industry-based security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques
• Experience with one of the following programming languages: Python, Ruby, Node.js, C#, or C++
• Associate's degree in computer science or equivalent, or 2+ years of engineering experience
• U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with AWS services or other cloud offerings
• Experience in performing and/or participating in technical security assessments, e.g. code level and design level assessments
• Master's degree with a specialization in information security
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions and recommendations that produce results
• Familiarity with programming and scripting or experience developing security tools & processes that work at scale
• Experience triaging security risks/vulnerabilities and ensuring that they are properly understood by the business and fixed and/or mitigated.
• Hands-on experience with satellite communications and management software
• Experience with low-level programming and embedded systems

Responsibilities

• Creating, updating, and maintaining threat models for various components of the Leo Enterprise and Manufacturing
• Manual and Automated Secure Code Review in Java or other common languages
• Network and infrastructure assessments
• Development of scrappy security automation tools
• 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
• Hack some really cool bleeding edge tech!

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree