Security Engineer, Amazon Leo
$159.3k - $202.4kAmazon Locker
Description
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Arlington, VA, USA | Redmond, WA, USA
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 Amazon Leo 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. As a Security Engineer on the Amazon Leo Incident Response team, you work tactically with both internal and external stakeholders to respond to and root cause security issues and solve them at massive scale. The role requires you to think strategically to develop and implement changes to drive automation, scalability and continuous progress for the organization.
Security Engineers in this role will be founding members of the Leo Incident Response Operations (LIRO) team, a new group which drives emergent security issues across Leo environments to closure. LIRO works in close partnership with other AmSec security teams to contain, eradicate and recover from threats to Leo's highly differentiated environments.
Export Control Requirement
Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen.
Key job responsibilities
Supply oversight of in-flight security issues.
Triage new incoming issues to determine the level of risk they present to Amazon Leo, and then accordingly prioritize its remediation in conjunction with the impacted builder teams.
Communicate the state of these issues to various audiences, both technical and non-technical, at various levels of seniority (up to and including Chief Information Security Officer).
Escalate issues to senior Amazon Leo leadership if you feel your issues are not being treated at the correct pace due to their impact to ensure that we are putting customers first.
Explore building and improving our tooling to make your own life easier, and at the same time, sharing that benefit with all our engineers globally.
An ideal candidate should be able to conduct most of the following:
Participate in efforts to promote security throughout the Company and build good working relationships within the team and with others across Amazon.
Demonstrate high ability and tolerance for context switching and interruptions while staying productive and effective.
Develop pragmatic solutions that achieve business requirements while keeping an acceptable level of risk.
Help with recruiting activities and administrative work.
Mentoring of junior staff and proactive knowledge sharing within the team and across the company.
Fulfill regular on-call responsibilities.
A day in the life
In the morning you will take handover from the previous shift and be delegated ownership of various security issues presently in-flight. The issues could relate to any of our Amazon Leo products, so you will often need to learn on the go.
You will engage various stakeholders, such as the internal builder teams who actually needs to fix the issue, along with Amazon Leo Leadership, Legal, and the leadership from the impacted team.
As the day progresses, new issues will be automatically assigned to you based on your workload and you will be responsible for triaging them, determining their level of impact, and work towards resolving them at the appropriate pace.
At the end of the shift, you will document all the issues you are tracking so they can be taken over by the site relieving you.
You will have down time and space to work on strategic projects to improve the quality and/or speed of your team's deliveries, or to raise the security bar across Amazon Leo at scale.
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
3+ years of programming in Python, Ruby, Go, Swift, Java, .Net, C++ or similar object oriented language experience
3+ years of scripting, programming, and security code review in a common programming language (non-internship) experience
3+ years of troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating basic tasks using command line tools (non-internship) experience
Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
3+ years of any combination of the following: threat modeling experience, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration and network security experience
Preferred Qualifications
Knowledge of networking protocols, to include DNS, and TCP/IP
Experience with AWS products and services
Experience performing security activities across one or more phases of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), such as security design review, threat modeling, secure code review, and security testing
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 .
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