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Original Job Post

Amazon · 4 days ago

Application Security Engineer

Seattle, WA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$136K/yr - $213K/yr

2+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Shaping new services through security review of design, architecture, and implementation

Secure development life-cycle (SDLC) practices including threat modeling and security testing

Strongly influence decision-makers and stakeholders to achieve a consistently high security bar for new services

Scope and assist in penetration testing engagements for services that will operate at cloud-scale

Create security guidance and documentation for team and customers

Develop security tools and automation

Develop and deliver security training and outreach to internal development teams

Lead security projects (including security reviews, tool development, and creation of new security practices) with end-to-end ownership across AWS and Amazon initiatives

Support for mentoring, team building and recruiting activities in a company where security is a critical priority

Opportunities to communicate security findings to senior leadership across the company

Qualification

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Threat ModelingSecure CodingIdentity ManagementAuthenticationSoftware DevelopmentCryptographySystem AdministrationNetwork SecuritySystem SecurityPenetration TestingExploit DevelopmentNetworking ProtocolsHTTPDNSTCP/IPPythonJavaC++AWSSecurity SolutionsCommunication ProtocolsIdentity Provider TechnologiesWeb Service FrameworksMobile Application ArchitecturesService ArchitecturesTLSJSONXMLWeb SocketsOAuth

Required

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

2+ 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

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

Knowledge of networking protocols such as HTTP, DNS and TCP/IP

Experience with programming languages such as Python, Java, C++

Preferred

Experience with AWS products and services

Experience applying threat modeling or other risk identification techniques or equivalent

Experience implementing security solutions that resolve security and business risk trade-offs

An understanding of communication protocols and data formats (such as TLS, HTTP(S), JSON, XML, Web Sockets)

An understanding of Identity and authorization provider technologies (OAuth, SAML, OIDC, Identity Federation)

An understanding of cryptography, web service frameworks, mobile application architectures, and service architectures (such as event-driven, service-oriented, or serverless architectures)

Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage directly with senior leadership

Ability to discover and communicate deep technical issues in terms of business risk with non-experts and senior leaders

Benefits

Medical benefits

Financial benefits

Company

Amazon

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Amazon is a global tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.

Founded in 1994

Seattle, Washington, USA

10,001+ employees

https://amazon.com

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