Amazon · 2 weeks ago
Security Engineer II, Security Incident Response Team (SIRT)
Arlington, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
$136K/yr - $213K/yr
2+ years expAmazon is seeking qualified Security Engineers to join their innovative Information Security team, specifically within the Security Incident Response Team (SIRT). In this role, you will respond to security events, conduct threat analysis, and provide security services to safeguard sensitive data while working with detection systems and vulnerability analysis tools.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)DeliveryE-CommerceFoundational AIRetail
Responsibilities
Responding to security incidents, and coordinating a cohesive response involving multiple teams across Amazon
Providing security engineering solutions and support during customer-facing incidents, proactively considering the prevention of similar incidents from occurring in the future
Assisting in the development of pragmatic solutions that achieve business requirements while maintaining an acceptable level of risk
Identifying and recommending solutions that improve or expand Amazon’s incident response capabilities
Working alongside and mentoring Information Security engineers to improve security, reduce and quickly address risk
Evaluating the impact of current security trends, advisories, publications, and academic research to Amazon, coordinating response as necessary across affected teams
Keeping your knowledge and skills current with the rapidly changing threat landscape
Participating in a follow-the-sun on-call rotation
Qualification
Required
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
Bachelor's degree in a STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), or 2+ years of IT Security experience
Knowledge of industry-based security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques
Experience in troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating basic tasks using command line tools (non-internship experience)
Preferred
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 networking protocols, to include HTTP(S), 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
Benefits
Flexible work hours and arrangements
Endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources
Company
Amazon
Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$8.11BKey Investors
AmazonKleiner Perkins
2023-01-03Post Ipo Debt· $8B
2001-07-24Post Ipo Equity· $100M
1997-05-15IPO
Leadership Team
Douglas J. Herrington
CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores
Werner Vogels
VP & CTO
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