Security Engineer I, Healthcare Security

At Amazon Healthcare Security, we are on a mission to make healthcare secure and easy. We are developing a patient-centric healthcare experience that is personal, transparent, and convenient. We are looking for a Security Engineer to join our team.

As a Security Engineer, your responsibility is to ensure AHS customer data, devices, and systems are secure, resilient, and compliant. Your teammates are a global team of security engineers, software developers, and technical program managers dedicated to continuously raising the security bar.

A Security Engineer at Amazon will be strong in multiple security domains and sought out for advice on technical issues. You must show sound judgment in making technical trade-offs between short and long-term security and business goals, demonstrate resilience, and navigate difficult situations with composure and tact. You must handle multiple difficult challenges, make risk-based assessments founded on data and facts, and deliver results under uncertainty.

Key job responsibilities

Secure By Design

• Embed throughout the development lifecycle of high-risk health programs, from ideation through implementation.

• Assist with the secure architecture of Health systems across diverse ecosystems.

• Provide remediation and mitigation guidance to development teams.

Developer Engagement

• Participate in developer team architecture and strategy meetings; serve as a sounding board and guide for architectural considerations regarding access control and systems integration

• Consult on secure development practices and secure-by-default opportunities

• Provide security subject matter expertise to the Product Security team and development teams

• Provide security knowledge and advocate for developer needs while maintaining security standards

• Integrate security guidance into builder frameworks across the development lifecycle to identify and prevent security issues before deployment

Automation & Tooling

• Design security automation and select tooling to improve detection of application vulnerabilities and assist in remediation of findings

• Develop detection prototypes for static and dynamic analysis

• Automate Application Security processes at scale

Documentation & Strategic Initiatives

• Document security guidance for Amazon Security

• Deliver metrics showing initiative effectiveness

• Identify opportunities to prevent security problems at scale and improve developer velocity

• Address detected security problems with builders and service teams

• Develop products and processes for Application Security services

• Period on-call responsibilities and occasional travel

About the team

Diverse Experiences

Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the 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.

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 & 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.

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 flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field

- 2+ years of web protocols, common security attacks, and remediation (non-internship) experience

- Knowledge of system security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques, including penetration testing and the development of exploits or equivalent

- Experience with web protocols, common security attacks, and remediation (non-internship)

- Experience solving basic problems by writing code or scripts with some assistance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience with AWS services or other cloud offerings

- Experience with any combination of the following: threat modeling, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration and network security

- Experience in complex problem solving, and working in a tight schedule environment

- Experience in information security and compliance

- Experience with vulnerability risk and impact assessment

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including 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, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at

USA, TX, Austin - 136,000.00 - 184,000.00 USD annually

USA, VA, Arlington - 136,000.00 - 184,000.00 USD annually

USA, WA, Seattle - 136,000.00 - 184,000.00 USD annually