Security Engineer, Enterprise Protection Program - Account Misuse Team

Amazon • Herndon, VA

8d • $159,300 - $202,400 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Enterprise Protection Program - Account Misuse Team (EPP-AM) is seeking a Security Engineer to lead the identification, investigation, and mitigation of insider threats to Amazon through advanced data analysis and threat hunting techniques. We seek a security professional who thrives on "diving deep" into complex data challenges and enjoys the technical aspects of threat hunting. The ideal candidate combines strong analytical and investigation skills with innovative thinking to develop "think big" solutions that advance our security capabilities. This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on Amazon's security posture while working with innovative tools and technologies in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• 3+ years of troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating basic tasks using command line tools (non-internship) experience
• 3+ years of scripting, programming, and security code review in a common programming language (non-internship) experience
• Experience working with global teams and diverse partners
• 4+ years of fraud investigation, abuse, cyber-crimes, or equivalent experience

Nice To Haves

• Experience with AWS products and services
• 2+ 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
• Knowledge of command line tools to troubleshoot protocols, analyze log outputs, or automate basic tasks
• Experience in running SQL queries and data mining

Responsibilities

• Lead daily investigations into active insider threats using data from internal and external sources
• Build sophisticated queries and process large datasets to identify and pursue potential insider threat activity
• Apply deep analytical skills to uncover complex security patterns and anomalies
• Develop proactive, innovative projects that leverage technical expertise to create innovative solutions
• Design and implement tools for detection, mitigation, and prevention of insider threat activity
• Drive security process improvements to strengthen Amazon's internal threat protection capabilities
• Partner effectively with HR, legal, engineering, analytics, and prevention teams to execute security initiatives
• Deliver results both independently and through collaborative efforts across multiple partner teams
• Contribute to team knowledge sharing
• Take ownership of complex security challenges
• Contribute to strategic security planning and process optimization
• Participate in on-call responsibilities (typically one week every two months)

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
• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level