Software Development Engineer, Amazon Leo Trust Services, Leo Security
About The Position
Amazon Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet connectivity to customers beyond the reach of existing networks. From individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, and government agencies, Amazon Leo will serve people and organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity. Have you wanted an opportunity to secure an advanced satellite broadband telecom service? The Leo Security team owns the security of product and operations of Amazon 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. Export Control Requirement Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience
- 3+ years delivering security software in a production environment
- 3+ years experience developing distributed software systems in Java, Rust, GoLang or C/C++
- 3+ years experience in working with cloud-native environments
- Experience with at least one of PKI (public key infrastructure), HSMs (Hardware Security Modules), Encryption, Cryptography, Key Management, HSMs (Hardware Security Modules), SecureBoot, or Secure Device Provisioning.
- Must be a U.S. citizen due to applicable export control laws and regulations.
Nice To Haves
- 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
- 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
- Collaborate with business leaders to define security priorities.
- Support product leaders by acting as a trusted advisor.
- Support leaders by providing them with direction that makes security easy.
- Help leaders measure their org's security execution.
- Guide teams towards outcomes that produce products that safely handle customer data.
- Collaborate with engineers to assess technical debt and risk.
- Provide strategic direction that addresses vulnerabilities and fortifies our products.
- Be a resource that leads the burn down of long-term risk.
- Guide engineers towards solutions that are secure by default.
- Invent & propose secure-by-default solutions if they don’t exist.
- Advocate for the creation & deployment of new testing tools, and detection mechanisms.
- Propose a security vision for the business that delivers security that protects our customers.
- 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
- sign-on payments
- restricted stock units (RSUs)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
