Software Development Engineer II, Amazon Security

Amazon • Seattle, WA

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About The Position

Amazon Security is seeking an experienced Software Development Engineer to
provide technical leadership and direction for the team responsible for the
governance of AWS usage across Amazon's cloud footprint. This team builds and
operates highly-scalable and foundational systems for accessing and securing
Amazon's cloud workloads. The products built by this team are used across all
business verticals in Amazon, giving you the unique opportunity to have
company-wide influence.

In this role, you will architect and drive the development of scalable software
systems to enable effective management, compliance, and security controls over
millions of AWS accounts and resources company-wide. Additionally, you'll have
the unique opportunity to partner closely with AWS product teams to drive
adoption of their offerings across Amazon and directly influence their roadmaps.

About Amazon Security:

Diverse Experiences
Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the
preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage
candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a
traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you
from applying.

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 we strive for flexibility as part of
our working 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

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language

Nice To Haves

• 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop systems and processes for operating the largest enterprise multi-account AWS footprint.
• Implement preventive controls and guardrails within AWS accounts and AWS Organizations to enforce standardization and prevent policy violations related to security groups, IAM, networking, logging, etc.
• Architect for high availability, scalability, observability, and disaster recovery in the context of AWS governance tooling and processes.
• Evangelize cloud governance best practices and drive improvements to our multi-account strategy as AWS service offerings evolve.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, security, and business teams to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions
• Mentor other engineers on the team and promote best practices in software design, testing, operational excellence, and secure coding.

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: Mid Level