Security Engineer II, Application Security

$136,000 - $212,800/Yr

Amazon - New York, NY

Full-time - Mid Level

New York, NY

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About the position

As a Security Engineer II in Application Security at Amazon, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the security of various software projects by collaborating with development teams. Your responsibilities will include threat modeling, secure code reviews, and developing security automation tools. The position requires a blend of technical expertise and strong communication skills to articulate risks and influence secure practices across teams.

Responsibilities

• Creating, updating, and maintaining threat models for a wide variety of software projects
• Manual and Automated Secure Code Review, primarily in Java, Python, and Javascript
• Development of security automation tools
• Adversarial security analysis using cutting-edge tools to augment manual effort
• 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

Requirements

• Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques or equivalent
• BS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience
• Minimum of 3 years of experience with at least two of the following: threat modeling experience, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, penetration testing, cloud security, mobile security, and network security

Nice-to-haves

• Knowledge of system security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques, including penetration testing and the development of exploits or equivalent
• Strong communication skills

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, financial, and other benefits
• Equity and sign-on payments as part of total compensation package
• Flexible working culture to support work-life harmony