Security Engineer II, Amazon Vulnerability Management Container Domain

Embark on a mission to secure how Amazon builds and runs containers as a Security Engineer II with the AWS Vulnerability Management (AVM) Container Domain Team!
Seeking an experienced and innovative Security Engineer to join our Container Domain Team in Arlington VA. Our team is responsible for assessing triaging and driving the remediation of container vulnerabilities across AWSs container ecosystem spanning Amazon ECS EKS and SageMaker. We partner with builder teams across AWS to get container fleets patched.

Key job responsibilities
Analyze public and private vulnerability disclosures and exploit code with an emphasis on container images base layers and orchestration platforms (ECS EKS SageMaker).
Deeply understand and assess the technical details and potential impact of container vulnerabilities across AWSs infrastructure services and applications.
Investigate and triage container findings identifying severity exploitability and the scope of potential impact including contextual risk assessment to distinguish real risk from noise.
Support response and remediation efforts partnering with builder teams to fix container security issues.
Engineer high quality scalable risk-assessment mechanisms for container workloads.
Design and implement automation tooling and workflows to enhance patch deployment remediation tracking and our overall container operations capabilities.
Periodic on-call responsibilities to ensure the continuous monitoring and remediation of container vulnerabilities.

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 hasnt followed a traditional path or includes alternative experiences dont 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 Amazons 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 its 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
Were continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earths Best Employer. Thats why youll 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 theres nothing we cant achieve.

- 2 years of scripting programming and security code review in a common programming language (non-internship) experience
- 2 years of troubleshooting systems issues analyzing logs or automating basic tasks using command line tools (non-internship) experience
- Bachelors degree in a STEM field (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) or 2 years of IT Security experience
- Knowledge of networking protocols such as DNS and TCP/IP
- Knowledge of industry-based security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques

- 2 years of scripting programming or security code review in a common language such as Python Java or C experience
- Knowledge of command line tools to troubleshoot protocols analyze log outputs or automate basic tasks
- Experience in scripting programming or security code reviewing in a common language such as Python Java or C
- 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
- Knowledge of system security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques including penetration testing and the development of exploits or equivalent

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 youre applying in isnt 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 VA Arlington - 159300.00 - 202400.00 USD annually

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