Security Engineer, EPP Analytics

$136,000 - $212,800/Yr

Amazon - Seattle, WA

Full-time - Mid Level

Seattle, WA

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About the position

The Security Engineer for EPP Analytics at Amazon is responsible for designing and building secure solutions to protect Amazon's internal network and customer data. This role involves collaborating with various teams to develop tools and services that monitor and respond to malicious activities, ensuring the safety of customers while addressing complex security challenges. The ideal candidate will possess strong technical skills, the ability to communicate effectively, and a passion for solving ambiguous problems in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with internal service teams, IT services teams, Risk Assessment, and Security Response teams to build detections and analytics that reduce insider risk.
• Provide deep security knowledge to builder teams to enhance controls and audit capabilities.
• Develop detections and response plans to inform relevant personnel of anomalies.
• Lead complex and ambiguous projects while monitoring team progress.
• Drive feedback and prioritization models to radically change the approach to security challenges.
• Conduct calibration and review exercises across teams to ensure a consistent detection approach.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
• 3+ years of experience in threat modeling, secure coding, identity management, software development, cryptography, system administration, or network security.
• Common knowledge of security engineering, system and network security, authentication protocols, cryptography, or application security.
• Experience reading and writing in at least one programming language.

Nice-to-haves

• 3+ years of experience in threat modeling, secure coding, identity management, software development, cryptography, penetration testing, cloud security, mobile security, or network security.
• Strong application security background with a focus on scalable solutions.
• Experience building and securing complex AWS architecture.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Benefits

• Flexible work hours and arrangements to support work-life harmony.
• Endless knowledge-sharing and training resources for career advancement.